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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Ezekiel 37:2

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.

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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 was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 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.3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." 4 Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.' 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 6 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.'" 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'" 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly 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
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 30:4
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 35:22
It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.
Genesis 37:22
Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him"—that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
Genesis 37:24
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

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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