Ezekiel 37:17

Myles Coverdale Bible

And than take both these together in thine honde, so shal there be one stycke therof.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.

Hebrew Names Version
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

King James Version
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

English Standard Version
And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

New American Standard Bible
"Then put them together for yourself one to another into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

New Century Version
Then join them together into one stick so they will be one in your hand.

Amplified Bible
Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt ioyne the one to another into one tree, & they shalbe as one in thine hand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then draw them together for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Berean Standard Bible
Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Contemporary English Version
Hold these two sticks end to end, so they look like one stick.

Complete Jewish Bible
Finally, bring them together into a single stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Darby Translation
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then join the two sticks together. In your hand, they will be one stick.

George Lamsa Translation
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one stick in your hand.

Good News Translation
Then hold the two sticks end to end in your hand so that they look like one stick.

Lexham English Bible
And join them one to the other with respect to you as one piece of wood, so that they may become one in your hand.

Literal Translation
And draw them one to one for yourself, into one stick. And they shall become one in your hand.

American Standard Version
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

Bible in Basic English
Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

King James Version (1611)
And ioyne them one to another into one sticke, and they shall become one in thine hand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ioyne thee them one to another into one sticke: and they shalbe as one in thy hande.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt joint them together for thyself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in thine hand.

English Revised Version
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thine hand.

World English Bible
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ioyne thou tho trees oon to the tother in to o tree to thee; and tho schulen be in to onement in thin hond.

Update Bible Version
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

New English Translation
Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

New King James Version
Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.

New Living Translation
Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.

New Life Bible
Then join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.

New Revised Standard
and join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then bring them near - the one to the other - for thee into one stick,- And they shall become united in thy hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And join them one to the other into one stick, and they shall become one in thy hand.

Revised Standard Version
and join them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Young's Literal Translation
and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: ¹⁶ Thou sonne of man, take a sticke and wryte vpon it: Vnto Iuda & to the children of Israel his companyons. Then take another sticke, and wryte vpon it: Vnto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim, and to all the housholde of Israel his companyons. ¹⁷ And than take both these together in thine honde, so shal there be one stycke therof. ¹⁸ Now yf the childre of thy people saye vnto the: wilt thou not shewe vs, what thou meanest by these? ¹⁹ Then geue them this answere: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, I wil take the stocke of Ioseph, which is in the honde of Ephraim and of the trybes of Israel his felowes, and wil put them to the stocke of Iuda, & make them one stocke, and they shalbe one in my honde. ²⁰ And the two stickes where vpon thou wrytest, shalt thou haue in thine honde, that they maye se, ²¹ and shalt saye vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE God: beholde I wil take awaye the childre of Israel from amonge the Heithen, vnto whom they be gone, and wil gather them together on euery syde, and bringe them agayne in to their owne londe: ²² yee I wil make one people of the in ye londe, vpon the mountaynes of Israel, and they all shal haue but one kinge. They shall nomore be two peoples from hensforth, nether be deuyded in to two kingdomes: ²³ they shal also defyle the selues nomore with their abhominacions, Idols and all their wickeddoinges. I wil helpe the out of all their dwellinge places, wherin they haue synned: & will so clense them, that they shalbe my people, and I their God. ²⁴ Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their kinge, & they all shal haue one shepherde only. They shal walke in my lawes, and my commaundementes shalt they both kepe & fulfill.

Bible Verse Review
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Ezekiel 37:22-24, Isaiah 11:13, Jeremiah 50:4, Hosea 1:11, Zephaniah 3:9

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 37:19 - Behold Amos 3:1 - against

Cross-References

2 Kings 6:13
He sayde: Go youre waye the and loke where he is, that I maye sende, and cause him be fetched. And they shewed him and sayde: Beholde, he is at Dothan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And join them one to another into one stick,.... Clap the sticks, planks, boards, or tables, to one another; glue them together, or set them so close to one another, that they may seem as one stick, plank, board, or table:

and they shall become one in thine hand; they shall look as if they were one. R. Joseph Kimchi, the father of David, thinks they really became one, by means of a miracle wrought; but there is no need to suppose this; it is enough that they appeared to be so.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A prophecy of the reunion of Israel and Judah, the incorporation of Israel under one Ruler, the kingdom of Messiah upon earth and in heaven.

Ezekiel 37:16

One stick - So in the marginal reference the names of the tribes had been written on rods or sticks.

For Judah ... - To the house of David had remained faithful, not only Judah, but also Benjamin, Levi, and part of Simeon, and individual members of various tribes 2 Chronicles 11:12-16. Compare the marginal references.

Joseph ... Ephraim - Compare Psalms 78:67; Hosea 5:5 ff “Joseph” is the general name here for the ten tribes, including “Ephraim,” the chief tribe, and his companions. Omit “for” before “all.” “All the house of Israel” is here the ten tribes.

Ezekiel 37:19

In the hand of Ephraim - Because Ephraim was the ruling tribe; the words are contrasted with “in mine hand.”

Ezekiel 37:20

This sign was literally enacted in the presence of the people, not, like some signs, merely in vision (see the Ezekiel 3:1 note).

Ezekiel 37:21

The gathering together of the children of Israel was to take effect in the first place in the return from Babylon, when the distinction of Israel and Judah should cease. The full completion concerns times still future, when all Israel shall come in to acknowledge the rule of Christ.

Ezekiel 37:22

One king - The restoration of Israel to their native soil will lead the way to the coming of the promised King, the Son of David, who will gather into His kingdom the true Israel, all who shall by faith be acknowledged as the Israel of God. The reign of the One King David is the reign of Christ in His kingdom, the Church.

Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 37:26

An enlargement of the promises. The kingdom is to be “forever,” the covenant “everlasting.” This looks forward to the consummation of all God’s promises 1 Corinthians 15:24, 1 Corinthians 15:28.

Ezekiel 37:27

This gives a final blessing reserved for God’s accepted servants. The tabernacle and temple were outward symbols of His presence. The re-erection of the temple by Zerubbabel was the first step to a restoration of the presence of God. The second step was the presence of Christ, first in the flesh, then in His Church, and finally the eternal presence of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem Revelation 21:0.