Ezekiel 36:9

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

For lo! I am towards you, Therefore will I turn towards you, And ye shall be tilled and sewn;

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.

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

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;

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 Thou therefore. Son of man, Prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, - and thou shalt say, Ye mountains of Israel Hear ye the word of Yahweh. ² Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because the enemy hath said concerning you Aha! Even the high places of age-past times, for a possession have become ours ³ Therefore, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh-Because even because they have desolated and panted for you on every side That ye should become a possession to the rest of the nations, And ye have come up into the talk of the tongue and the slander of the people ⁴ Therefore ye mountains of Israel, hear ye the word of My Lord Yahweh, - Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, To the mountains and to the hills, to the channels and to the valleys, and to the desolate waste places and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and a derision, to the rest of the nations which are on every side: ⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Surely in the fire of my jealousy, have I spoken against the rest of the nation and against Edom all of it, - - Who have given my land to themselves for a possession, In the rejoicing of all the heart In contempt of soul, To make of its produce a prey. ⁶ Therefore prophesy, concerning the so of Israel, - and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the channels and to the valleys Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Behold me! in my jealousy and in mine indignation, have I spoken, Because the insult of the nations, ye have borne; ⁷ Therefore Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, I myself have lifted my hand,- Surely the nations which are yours round about, they their own shame, shall bear: ⁸ But ye O mountains of Israel Your boughs, shall ye shoot forth, And your fruit, shall ye bear For my people Israel, For they have drawn near to enter. ⁹ For lo! I am towards you, Therefore will I turn towards you, And ye shall be tilled and sewn; ¹⁰ And I will multiply, upon you - men, All the house of Israel All of it, Then shall the cities be inhabited, And the waste places, shall be but,

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 firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab, - the same, is the father of Moab, unto 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.