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Revised Standard Version

Ezekiel 37:5

Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bones;   Ezekiel;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Breath;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Resurrection, the;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hananiah;   Jonah;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Breath;   Ezekiel;   Oracles;   Wind;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - 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 - Adoption;   Valley;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Breath;   Daniel, Book of;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Ezekiel;   Isaiah;   Regeneration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Daniel;   Hafá¹­arah;   Tanna Debe Eliyahu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
New American Standard Bible
"This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: 'Behold, I am going to make breath enter you so that you may come to life.
New Century Version
This is what the Lord God says to the bones: I will cause breath to enter you so you will come to life.
Amplified Bible
"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will make breath enter you so that you may come to life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall liue.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Lord Yahweh to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.
Contemporary English Version
"I, the Lord God, will put breath in you, and once again you will live.
Complete Jewish Bible
To these bones Adonai Elohim says, "I will make breath enter you, and you will live.
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God says to you: I will cause breath to come into you, and you will come to life!
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live;
Good News Translation
Tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying to them: I am going to put breath into you and bring you back to life.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I am bringing into you breath, and you will live!
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah to these bones, Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto these bones: Beholde, I will put breth in to you, that ye maye lyue:
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall liue.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde God vnto these bones: Beholde, I wyll cause breath to enter into you, that ye may lyue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord to these bones; Behold, I will bring upon you the breath of life:
English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis to these boonys, Lo! Y schal sende in to you a spirit, and ye schulen lyue.
Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Look, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD to these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
New English Translation
This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.
New King James Version
Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
New Living Translation
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!
New Life Bible
This is what the Lord God says to these bones: ‘I will make breath come into you, and you will come to life.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Unto these bones, - Lo! I am about to bring into you - spirit, and ye shall live;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived,
THE MESSAGE
God , the Master, told the dry bones, "Watch this: I'm bringing the breath of life to you and you'll come to life. I'll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You'll come alive and you'll realize that I am God !"

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 midst of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, thou knowest." 4 Again he said to me, "Prophesy to 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, and you shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall 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 as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had 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 upon these slain, that they may live." 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Ezekiel 37:9, Ezekiel 37:10, Ezekiel 37:14, Genesis 2:7, Psalms 104:29, Psalms 104:30, John 20:22, Romans 8:2, Ephesians 2:5

Reciprocal: Revelation 11:11 - the Spirit

Cross-References

Genesis 28:12
And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
Genesis 37:4
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 37:8
His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?" So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."
Genesis 37:14
So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 40:5
And one night they both dreamed--the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison--each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.
Genesis 41:1
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,
Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, "You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land."
Genesis 49:23
The archers fiercely attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him sorely;
Numbers 12:6
And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones,.... By the prophet, who was sent to prophesy over them:

behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live; and none could do this but the living God, who breathed the breath of life into Adam at first, and he became a living soul; to which there seems to be an allusion here; and when the Lord puts his Spirit into men, or bestows his grace on them, then they shall live, and not till then.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 37:5. Behold, I will cause breath — רוח ruach signifies both soul, breath, and wind; and sometimes the Spirit of God. Soul is its proper meaning in this vision, where it refers to the bones: "I will cause the SOUL to enter into you."


 
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