EZE 37:20 Parallel View

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UST Then, Son of man, hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.

BSB § When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,

OEB And let the sticks on which thou writest be in thy hand before their eyes.

WEB The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”’

NET The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.

LSV And the sticks on which you write have been in your hand before your eyes,

FBV When you're holding the pieces of wood you've written on, and while everyone is watching,

T4T Then, you human, hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.

LEB And the pieces of wood on which you wrote will be in your hand before their eyes.

BBE And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

ASV And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

DRA And the sticks whereon thou hast written, shall be in thy hand, before their eyes.

YLT And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,

DBY And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

RV And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

WBS And the sticks on which thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

KJB ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
(¶ And the sticks whereon thou/you writest shall be in thine/your hand before their eyes. )

BB And the stickes where vpon thou wrytest, shalt thou haue in thy hand, that they may see.
(And the stickes where upon thou/you wrytest, shalt thou/you have in thy/your hand, that they may see.)

GNV And the pieces of wood, whereon thou writest, shalbe in thine hand, in their sight.
(And the pieces of wood, whereon thou/you writest, shall be in thine/your hand, in their sight. )

CB And the two stickes where vpon thou wrytest, shalt thou haue in thine honde, that they maye se,
(And the two stickes where upon thou/you wrytest, shalt thou/you have in thine/your honde, that they may se,)

WYC Sotheli the trees, on whiche thou hast write, schulen be in thin hond bifore the iyen of hem.
(Truly the trees, on which thou/you hast write, should be in thin hand before the iyen of them.)

LUT Und sollst also die Hölzer, darauf du geschrieben hast, in deiner Hand halten, daß sie zusehen.
(And should also the Hölzer, darauf you written hast, in deiner Hand halten, that they/she/them zusehen.)

CLV Erunt autem ligna super quæ scripseris in manu tua in oculis eorum.
(Erunt however ligna super which scripseris in by_hand tua in oculis eorum. )

BRN And the rods on which thou didst write shall be in thine hand in their presence.

BrLXX Καὶ ἔσονται αἱ ῥάβδοι ἐφʼ αἷς σὺ ἔγραψας ἐπʼ αὐταῖς, ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.
(Kai esontai hai ɽabdoi efʼ hais su egrapsas epʼ autais, en taʸ ⱪeiri sou enōpion autōn. )

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 37:20