Ezekiel 36:9

Green's Literal Translation

For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Hebrew Names Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

King James Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

English Standard Version
For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.

New American Standard Bible
'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

New Century Version
I am concerned about you; I am on your side. You will be plowed, and seed will be planted in you.

Amplified Bible
'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you [in favor], and you shall be cultivated and sown.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For behold, I come vnto you, & I wil turne vnto you, and ye shalbe tilled and sowen.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

Legacy Standard Bible
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

Berean Standard Bible
For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Contemporary English Version
I will take care of you by plowing your soil and planting crops on your fertile slopes.

Complete Jewish Bible
I am here for you, and I will turn toward you; then you will be tilled and sown;

Darby Translation
For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown.

Easy-to-Read Version
I am with you, and I will help you. People will till your soil and plant seeds in you.

George Lamsa Translation
For, behold, I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

Good News Translation
I am on your side, and I will make sure that your land is plowed again and crops are planted on it.

Lexham English Bible
For look! I am for you, and I will turn you, and you will be tilled, and you will be planted.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I come vnto you, and vnto you will I turne me, that ye maye be tylled and sowen.

American Standard Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;

Bible in Basic English
For truly I am for you, and I will be turned to you, and you will be ploughed and planted:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;

King James Version (1611)
For behold, I am for you, and I will turne vnto you, and ye shall be tilled and sowen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde I come vnto you, and vnto you wyll I turne my face, that ye may be tilled and sowen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For, behold, I am toward you, and I will have respect to you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

English Revised Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

World English Bible
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For lo! Y to you, and Y schal turne to you, and ye schulen be erid, and schulen take seed.

Update Bible Version
For, look, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

Webster's Bible Translation
For behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn to you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

New English Translation
For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.

New King James Version
For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.

New Living Translation
See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.

New Life Bible
See, I care for you and will show you favor. You will be plowed and planted.

New Revised Standard
See now, I am for you; I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For lo! I am towards you, Therefore will I turn towards you, And ye shall be tilled and sewn;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be ploughed and sown.

Revised Standard Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;

Young's Literal Translation
For, lo, I [am] for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown.

Contextual Overview

¹ And you, son of man, prophesy to Israel's mountains and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the Word of Jehovah. ² So says the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy has spoken against you, saying , Aha! Everlasting heights have become a possession to us. ³ So prophesy and say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because of the wasting and crushing of you from all around, that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and you ascendedon the tip of the tongue, and the whisperingof the people. ⁴ Therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah: So says the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the wastes of desolation, and to the forsaken cities which became a prey anda mocking to the rest of the nations all around. ⁵ So the Lord Jehovah says this: Surely I have spoken in the fire of My jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against Edom, all those of her who have given My land to themselves for a possession with all joy of heart, with scorning ofsoul, in order to make it open land for a prey. ⁶ So prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury, because you have borne the shame of thenations. ⁷ So the Lord Jehovah says this: I have lifted up My hand, surely the nations that surround you, they shall bear their shame. ⁸ But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall put out your branches and your fruit, you shall bear for My people Israel. For they are drawing near to come. ⁹ For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. ¹⁰ And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 46:11, Psalms 99:8, Hosea 2:21-23, Joel 3:18, Haggai 2:19, Zechariah 8:12, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11, Romans 8:31

Reciprocal: Isaiah 49:19 - thy waste Jeremiah 31:27 - that I Ezekiel 36:29 - call Malachi 1:3 - laid

Cross-References

Genesis 19:37
And the first-born bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of Moab to this day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For, behold, I am for you,.... For the mountains, that they might be cultivated and become fruitful, and be of advantage to their proprietors, and appear beautiful and lovely to behold, as well as to be useful:

and I will turn unto you; the Lord had turned from them, and left them a prey to the enemy, whereby they were become desolate; but now he would turn unto them, and bless them, and make them fruitful, and return the right owners of them to them, who should greatly improve them:

and ye shall be tilled and sown; manured and cultivated, and sown with wheat and barley, as in former times.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 36:9. Ye shall be tilled and sown — The land shall be cultivated as it formerly was, when best peopled and at peace.