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Ezekiel 37:8

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bones;   Ezekiel;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Sinews;   Vision;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Resurrection, the;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonah;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Breath;   Ezekiel;   Oracles;   Sinew;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - 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 - Adoption;   Valley;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Breath;   Daniel, Book of;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Ezekiel;   Isaiah;   Regeneration;   Sinew;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Body in Jewish Theology;   Daniel;   Hafá¹­arah;   Tanna Debe Eliyahu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As I looked, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
Hebrew Names Version
I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
King James Version
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
English Standard Version
And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them.
New American Standard Bible
And I looked, and behold, tendons were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
New Century Version
I looked and saw muscles come on the bones, and flesh grew, and skin covered the bones. But there was no breath in them.
Amplified Bible
And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on the bones, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when I beheld, loe, the sinewes, & the flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue, the skinne couered them, but there was no breath in them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh came up upon them, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Berean Standard Bible
As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Contemporary English Version
I saw muscles and skin cover the bones, but they had no life in them.
Complete Jewish Bible
As I watched, ligaments grew on them, flesh appeared and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Darby Translation
And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
Easy-to-Read Version
There before my eyes, I saw sinew and muscles begin to cover the bones. Skin began to cover them, but there was no breath in them.
George Lamsa Translation
And when I beheld, lo, sinews and the flesh came upon them and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Good News Translation
While I watched, the bones were covered with sinews and muscles, and then with skin. But there was no breath in the bodies.
Lexham English Bible
And I looked, and indeed, sinews were on them, and flesh went up, and skin covered over them upward, but breath was not in them.
Literal Translation
And I saw. And, behold! The sinews and the flesh came up on them, and the skin spread over them from above. But there was no breath in them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whe I had loked, beholde, they had synowes, and flesh grewe vpon them: and aboue they were couered with skynne, but there was no breth in them.
American Standard Version
And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
King James Version (1611)
And when I beheld, loe, the sinews and the flesh came vp vpon them, and the skin couered them aboue; but there was no breath in them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now when I had loked, behold they had sinowes, & flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue they were couered with skin: but there was no breath in them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh grew upon them, and skin came upon them above: but there was not breath in them.
English Revised Version
And I beheld, and lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
World English Bible
I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y siy and lo! synewis and fleischis `wexeden vpon tho, and skyn was stretchid forth aboue in hem, and tho hadden no spirit.
Update Bible Version
And I looked, and saw that there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them.
New English Translation
As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.
New King James Version
Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
New Living Translation
Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.
New Life Bible
I looked and saw that parts had grown to hold them together. Flesh had grown, and they were covered with skin. But there was no breath in them.
New Revised Standard
I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when I looked, then lo! upon them were sinews, and flesh had come up, and there had spread over them skin above, but spirit, was there none within them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I saw, and behold the sinews, and the flesh came up upon them: and the skin was stretched out over them, but there was no spirit in them.
Revised Standard Version
And as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Young's Literal Translation
And I beheld, and lo, on them [are] sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above -- and spirit there is none in them.

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

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 37:6 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
Genesis 37:4
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:6
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
Genesis 37:27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
Genesis 37:28
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
Genesis 49:26
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.
1 Samuel 10:27
But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.
1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.
Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,.... And they began to look like men, in the shape of men, and were a body of them, as the Jews did when gathered together:

and the skin covered them above; and so looked comely and beautiful, as in the proper form of men; as did the Jews enriched and protected by Cyrus: and this may be an image of such persons so far wrought upon under the word as to look like Christians; to have the form of godliness, and appear outwardly righteous before men, submitting to ordinances, and performing the duties of religion; and yet no principle of spiritual life in them; but, like Adam's body, of the earth, earthly, and breathless, before the breath of life was breathed into it; so here, but there was no breath in them; no spirit in the Jews to return to their land, though they had liberty, till the Lord stirred up their spirits, Ezra 1:5, all this, in a spiritual sense, shows how far persons may go under temporary convictions by the word, and yet not be living Christians.


 
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