EZE 37:2 Parallel View

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ULT Then he made me pass through them round and round. Behold! A great many of them were in the valley. Behold! They were very dry.

UST He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.

BSB 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.

OEB And he caused me to pass by them round about; and, behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

WEB He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they were very dry.

NET He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

LSV and He causes me to pass over by them, all around, and behold, very many [are] on the face of the valley, and behold—very dry.

FBV He led me around them, and in all directions I saw many, many bones on the valley floor. They were really dry.

T4T He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.

LEB And he led me all around[fn] over them, and look, very many on the surface of the valley, and look, very dry.

?:? Literally “all around, all around”

BBE 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.

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.

DBY 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.

RV 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.

WBS And caused me to pass by them around: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.

KJB 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.[fn]
(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.)

37.2 valley: or, champaign

BB And he led me rounde about by them, and beholde, there were very many in the open fielde, and lo they were very drye.
(And he led me round about by them, and behold, there were very many in the open field, and lo they were very drye.)

GNV And he led me round about by them, and beholde, they were very many in the open fielde, and lo, they were very drie.
(And he led me round about by them, and behold, they were very many in the open field, and lo, they were very drie. )

CB & he led me rounde aboute by them: & beholde, the bones that laye vpon the felde, were very many, & maruelous drye also.
(& he led me round about by them: and behold, the bones that lay upon the field, were very many, and maruelous drye also.)

WYC and he ledde me aboute bi tho in cumpas. Forsothe tho weren ful manye on the face of the feeld, and drie greetli.
(and he led me about by tho in cumpas. Forsothe tho were full many on the face of the field, and dry greetli.)

LUT Und er führete mich allenthalben dadurch. Und siehe, (des Gebeins) lag sehr viel auf dem Felde; und siehe, sie waren sehr verdorret.
(And he führete me allenthalben dadurch. And siehe, (des Gebeins) lag sehr many on to_him Felde; and siehe, they/she/them waren sehr verdorret.)

CLV Et circumduxit me per ea in gyro: erant autem multa valde super faciem campi, siccaque vehementer.
(And circumduxit me per ea in gyro: they_were however multa valde super faciem campi, siccaque vehementer. )

BRN And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, there were very many on the face of the plain, very dry.

BrLXX καὶ περιήγαγέ με ἐπʼ αὐτὰ κυκλόθεν κύκλῳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πολλὰ σφόδρα ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ πεδίου, ξηρὰ σφόδρα.
(kai periaʸgage me epʼ auta kuklothen kuklōi, kai idou polla sfodra epi prosōpou tou pediou, xaʸra sfodra. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Promise of New Life

The Resurrection is a core tenet of Christian faith—without it, our faith is useless (1 Cor 15:14). God has promised that we share this resurrection with Christ (Col 3:1), and it is important to rightly understand exactly what new life God promises to us.

Ezekiel 37 might at first appear to teach that all people will be resurrected from the dead, living again in new bodies after their present bodies die. However, Ezekiel is not dealing with the general question, “Can human bones return to life?” Ezekiel and his audience were already familiar with the possibility of dead people being raised to life because of their knowledge of the miracles of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kgs 17:17-24; 2 Kgs 4:31-37; 13:20-21). Instead, Ezekiel is addressing the particular question, “Can these bones live?” That is, could the nation of Judah—a denuded, dismembered, and desiccated nation—be restored?

At that time, the Babylonians had devastated Judah, the Temple had been destroyed, and many of the people had been exiled to Babylon. The people still in Judah were a mere remnant, only the poorest of the poor (see 2 Kgs 25:8-12). Many concluded that there was no future for God’s people. They said, “We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished” (Ezek 37:11). The question was not whether God could raise them to new life, but whether he would perform such a miracle for the dry bones that represented Israel.

The prophet answered this question with a resounding Yes! God would return his people to life through an outpouring of his Spirit in response to the prophet’s word. Their death because of their sins was real, but God would not leave them in the grave (cp. Ps 16:10). Rather, he promised that in the future he would give his people life by his Spirit and would transform them into a new creation, a new Spirit-filled Israel. This new people of God would be raised to their feet as a mighty army that would serve the Lord.

God is capable of raising to life both those who are physically dead and those who are spiritually dead. He chooses to give the miracle of new birth to undeserving sinners (see John 3:5-7; Eph 2:1-7). Those who experience the death of sin in their lives also experience the new life that God offers through his Spirit—both now and in eternity (see Rom 8:5-13; Col 3:1-11). He makes people whom the world would write off as irredeemable acceptable to himself in Christ (1 Cor 6:9-11), and he equips them for fruitful work in his service (Eph 4:12-13; 6:11-18).

Passages for Further Study

1 Kgs 17:17-24; 2 Kgs 4:31-37; 13:20-21; Ps 16:10; Ezek 18:31; 37:1-28; 39:29; Matt 22:31-32; Rom 8:11; 2 Cor 5:17

Parallel EZE 37:2