Ezekiel 36:12

Complete Jewish Bible

I will cause people to walk on you, my people Isra'el; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; never again will you make them childless."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.

Hebrew Names Version
Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Yisra'el; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.

King James Version
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

English Standard Version
I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.

New American Standard Bible
'Yes, I will have people—My people Israel—walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

New Century Version
I will cause my people Israel to walk on you and own you, and you will belong to them. You will never again take their children away from them.

Amplified Bible
'Yes, [O mountains of Israel] I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and take possession of you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, I wil cause men to walke vpon you, euen my people Israel, and they shall possesse you, and ye shalbe their inheritance, and ye shal no more henceforth depriue them of men.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Yes, I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

Berean Standard Bible
Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.'

Contemporary English Version
I will bring my people Israel home, and they will live on you mountains, because you belong to them, and your fertile slopes will never again let them starve.

Darby Translation
And I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, I will lead many people—my people, Israel—to your land. You will be their property, and you will not take away their children again."

George Lamsa Translation
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of men.

Good News Translation
I will bring you, my people Israel, back to live again in the land. It will be your own land, and it will never again let your children starve.

Lexham English Bible
And I will send over you my people Israel, and they will take possession of you, and you will be for them as an inheritance, and you will no longer bereave them of their children."

Literal Translation
Yea, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you will be an inheritance to them and will not any more increase their bereavement.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee people wil I sende vnto you (o my folke of Israel (which shal haue the in possession, and thou shalt be their inheritaunce, so that thou shalt nomore be without them.

American Standard Version
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

Bible in Basic English
Yes, I will have you walked on by the feet of men, even my people Israel; they will have you for a heritage and you will be theirs, and never again will you take their children from them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel, and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance; and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

King James Version (1611)
Yea I will cause men to walke vpon you, euen my people Israel, and they shall possesse thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereaue them of men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea I wyll cause men to walke vpon you, [euen] my people Israel, & they shall possesse thee, and thou shalt be their inheritaunce, & thou shalt no more hencefoorth depriue them of [men]

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will increase men upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and ye shall be to them for a possession; and ye shall no more be bereaved of them.

English Revised Version
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

World English Bible
Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal brynge men on you, my puple Israel, and bi eritage thei schulen welde thee, and thou schalt be to hem in to eritage; and thou schalt no more leie to, that thou be with out hem.

Update Bible Version
Yes, I will cause man to walk on you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more from now on bereave them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them [of men].

New English Translation
I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

New King James Version
Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you bereave them of children."

New Living Translation
I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

New Life Bible
I will have people, My people Israel, walk on you and own you. You will belong to them, and you will never again take their children from them.'

New Revised Standard
I will lead people upon you—my people Israel—and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance. No longer shall you bereave them of children.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I will bring upon you - men even my people Israel That they may possess thee, So shalt thou be theirs, as an inheritance, -And thou shalt no more again make them childless.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee for their inheritance: and thou shalt be their inheritance, and shalt no more henceforth be without them.

Revised Standard Version
Yea, I will let men walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have caused man to walk over you, -- My people Israel, And they possess thee, and thou hast been to them for an inheritance, And thou dost add no more to bereave them.

Contextual Overview

¹ "Now you, human being, prophesy to the mountains of Isra'el. Say: ‘Mountains of Isra'el, hear the message from Adonai . ² Adonai Elohim says: "The enemy is boasting over you, ‘Ha! Even the ancient high places are ours now!' " ' ³ Therefore prophesy, and say that Adonai Elohim says, ‘Because they desolated you and swallowed you up from every side, so that the other nations could take possession of you; and now people are gossiping about you and slandering you; ⁴ therefore, mountains of Isra'el, hear the message of Adonai Elohim — this is what Adonai Elohim says to the mountains and hills, the streams and valleys, the desolate wastes and the abandoned cities, now preyed on and derided by the other surrounding nations — ⁵ therefore this is what Adonai Elohim says: "In the heat of my jealousy I speak against the other nations and all of Edom, since, rejoicing with all their heart, they have arrogated my land to themselves as a possession and, with utter contempt, seized it as prey."' ⁶ "Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Isra'el, and say to the mountains, the hills, the streams and the valleys that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘I speak in my jealousy and fury, because you have endured being shamed by the nations. ⁷ Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim : "I have raised my hand and sworn that the nations surrounding you will bear their shame. ⁸ But you, mountains of Isra'el, you will sprout your branches and bear your fruit for my people Isra'el, who will soon return. ⁹ I am here for you, and I will turn toward you; then you will be tilled and sown; ¹⁰ and I will multiply your population, all the house of Isra'el, all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will cause: The prophet is still personifying the mountains, valleys, and wastes of Judea.

they shall: Jeremiah 32:15, Jeremiah 32:44, Obadiah 1:17-21

no more: Ezekiel 36:13, Numbers 13:32, Jeremiah 15:7

Reciprocal: Micah 2:10 - it shall Zechariah 8:12 - to possess

Cross-References

Genesis 14:7
Next they turned back, came to ‘Ein-Mishpat (which is the same as Kadesh), and defeated all the country of the ‘Amaleki, and also the Emori, who lived in Hatzatzon-Tamar.

Genesis 36:2
‘Esav chose Kena‘ani women as his wives: ‘Adah the daughter of Eilon the Hitti; Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah the daughter of Tziv‘on the Hivi;

Genesis 36:8
So ‘Esav lived in the hill-country of Se‘ir. (‘Esav is Edom.)

Genesis 36:9
This is the genealogy of ‘Esav the father of Edom in the hill-country of Se‘ir.

Genesis 36:16
Korach, Ga‘tam and ‘Amalek. These were the chieftains descended from Elifaz in Edom and from ‘Adah.

Genesis 36:17
The sons of Re‘u'el ‘Esav's son were the chieftains of Nachat, Zerach, Shammah and Mizah. These were the chieftains descended from Re‘u'el in the land of Edom and from Basmat ‘Esav's wife.

Genesis 36:18
The sons of Oholivamah ‘Esav's wife were the chieftains of Ye‘ush, Ya‘lam and Korach. These were the chieftains descended from Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah, ‘Esav's wife.

Genesis 36:19
These were the descendants of ‘Esav (that is, Edom), and these were their chieftains.

Genesis 36:20
(vii) These were the descendants of Se‘ir the Hori, the local inhabitants: Lotan, Shoval, Tziv‘on, ‘Anah,

Genesis 36:22
The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timnah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you,.... And not beasts, as during the captivity; and that without fear of wild beasts, or any enemy; and not as travellers upon them, but as inhabitants of them; who shall walk to and fro upon them, as the owners of them, and doing their proper business there:

even my people Israel; and them only: some read it, "with my people Israel" i; as if other men, Gentiles called by grace, should dwell with the Jews at this time, particularly at their restoration in the latter day; which may be true, and, which seems to be the sense of the whole sixtieth chapter of Isaiah's prophecy:

and they shall possess thee, and thou shall be their inheritance; that is, thou mountain; a change of number, meaning everyone of the mountains, even the whole land of Canaan, which was given to the Israelites for an inheritance; and was typical of the eternal inheritance in heaven:

and thou shall no more henceforth bereave them; of men, or of children; or be no more the cause of their being childless, or of bereaving them of men; sins committed on the mountains being the cause of provoking the Lord to bereave them; or men should be no more killed upon them, as they had been.

i את עמי ישראל "cum populo meo Israele", Junius & Tremcellius.