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Ezekiel 37:2

And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bones;   Depravity of Man;   Ezekiel;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mysteries-Revelations;   Prophetic Visions;   Revelation;   Visions;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death, Spiritual;   Jews, the;   Resurrection, the;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Vision;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonah;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oracles;   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Champaign;   Dura, Plain of;   Ethics;   Ezekiel;   Kidron (1);   Resurrection;   Servant of the Lord;   Symbol;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Odes of Solomon;   Resurrection of the Dead;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel ;   Resurrection;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Valley;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Plains;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Dry dried drieth;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Champaign;   Daniel, Book of;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Ezekiel;   Isaiah;   Regeneration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Daniel;   Hafṭarah;   Tanna Debe Eliyahu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He led me all around them. There were a great many of them on the surface of the valley, and they were very dry.
Hebrew Names Version
He caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, behold, they were very dry.
King James Version
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
English Standard Version
And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.
New American Standard Bible
He had me pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were very dry.
New Century Version
He led me around among the bones, and I saw that there were many bones in the valley and that they were very dry.
Amplified Bible
He caused me to pass all around them, and behold, there were very many [human bones] in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he led me round about by them, and beholde, they were very many in the open fielde, and lo, they were very drie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Legacy Standard Bible
He caused me to pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were very dry.
Berean Standard Bible
He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord showed me all around, and everywhere I looked I saw bones that were dried out.
Complete Jewish Bible
He had me pass by all around them — there were so many bones lying in the valley, and they were so dry!
Darby Translation
And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were many bones lying on the ground in the valley. The Lord made me walk all around among the bones. I saw the bones were very dry.
George Lamsa Translation
And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Good News Translation
He led me all around the valley, and I could see that there were very many bones and that they were very dry.
Lexham English Bible
And he led me all around over them, and look, very many on the surface of the valley, and look, very dry.
Literal Translation
And He made me pass among them all around. And, behold, very many were on the face of the valley. And, behold! They were very dry.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& he led me rounde aboute by them: & beholde, the bones that laye vpon the felde, were very many, & maruelous drye also.
American Standard Version
And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and He caused me to pass by them round about, and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
King James Version (1611)
And caused mee to passe by them round about, and beholde, there were very many in the open valley, and loe, they were very drie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he led me rounde about by them, and beholde, there were very many in the open fielde, and lo [they were] very drye.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, there were very many on the face of the plain, very dry.
English Revised Version
And he caused me to pass by them round about: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.
World English Bible
He caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, behold, they were very dry.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he ledde me aboute bi tho in cumpas. Forsothe tho weren ful manye on the face of the feeld, and drie greetli.
Update Bible Version
And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, look, there were very many in the open valley; and, look, they were very dry.
Webster's Bible Translation
And caused me to pass by them around: and behold, [there were] very many in the open valley; and lo, [they were] very dry.
New English Translation
He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.
New King James Version
Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
New Living Translation
He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.
New Life Bible
He led me around the valley. I saw there were very many bones, and they were very dry.
New Revised Standard
He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he caused me to pass near them. round about on every side, - and lo! they were very many on the face of the plain, and lo! they were very dry.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.
Revised Standard Version
And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Young's Literal Translation
and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many [are] on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry.

Contextual Overview

1 The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones; 2 And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord. 4 And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord. 5 This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life; 6 And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord. 7 So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them. 9 And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life. 10 And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

valley: or, champaign, Deuteronomy 11:30

they were: Ezekiel 37:11, Psalms 141:7

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 31:40 - the whole Revelation 20:5 - This

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
Genesis 30:4
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 30:9
When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 35:22
Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.
Genesis 37:22
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
Genesis 37:24
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
Genesis 37:25
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And caused me to pass by them round about,....

Round, round s; several times round, that he might take exact notice of them, of their number, situation, and condition:

and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; as the Jews were in captivity; and as they will be when they shall be converted; and as the number of Christians will be in the spiritual reign of Christ; and as the dead will be at the time of their resurrection, both of the just and unjust:

and, lo, they were very dry; through length of time they had lain there, exposed to wind and weather; the flesh being wholly consumed from off of them, and the marrow within quite dried up; so that there was no probability or hope, humanly speaking, of their being quickened: these are a fit emblem of men in a state of nature and unregeneracy, who have no spiritual life, but are dead in trespasses and sins; have no sense of sin or danger; no strength to redeem and regenerate themselves, or do anything that is spiritually good; have no spiritual motion; no inward desires after God, or affection to him; no lifting up of the heart to him, or going out of the soul in faith and love to Christ; but in themselves entirely lifeless, helpless, and hopeless.

s סביב סביב "circum circa", Pagninus; "undique undique", Montanus.


 
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