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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπʼ ἐμὲ χεὶρ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξήγαγέ με ἐν πνεύματι Κύριος, καὶ ἔθηκέ με ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πεδίου, καὶ τοῦτο ἦν μεστὸν ὀστέων ἀνθρωπίνων,
(Kai egeneto epʼ eme ⱪeir Kuriou, kai exaʸgage me en pneumati Kurios, kai ethaʸke me en mesōi tou pediou, kai touto aʸn meston osteōn anthrōpinōn, )

BrTr And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones.

ULT The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the midst of a valley; it was full of bones.

UST One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones of people who had been killed.

BSB § The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

OEB The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me by the spirit and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

WEBBE The LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in the LORD’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

LSV There has been a hand of YHWH on me, and He takes me forth in [the] Spirit of YHWH, and places me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

FBV The Lord picked me up and carried me away by his Spirit. He set me down in the middle of a valley that was full of bones.

T4T One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power [MTY] of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones of people who had been killed.

LEB The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me by the Spirit of Yahweh, and he let me rest[fn] in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

37:1 Or “placed me”; literally “set me”

BBE The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;

Moff No Moff EZE book available

JPS The hand of the LORD was upon me, and the LORD carried me out in a spirit, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones;

ASV The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

DRA The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones.

YLT There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

Drby The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.

RV The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones;

Wbstr The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

KJB-1769 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

KJB-1611 ¶ The hand of the LORD was vpon mee, and caried mee out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set mee downe in the middest of the valley which was full of bones,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps The hande of the Lorde was vpon me, and caried me out in the spirite of the Lorde, and set me downe in the midst of a plaine fielde that was full of bones.
(The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of a plain field that was full of bones.)

Gnva The hand of the Lord was vpon me, and caryed me out in ye spirit of ye Lord, and set me downe in ye mids of the field, which was full of bones.
(The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in ye/you_all spirit of ye/you_all Lord, and set me down in ye/you_all midst of the field, which was full of bones. )

Cvdl The honde of the LORDE came vpon me, & caried me out in the sprete of the LORDE, & let me downe in a playne felde, that laye full of bones,
(The hand of the LORD came upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and let me down in a plain field, that lay full of bones,)

Wycl The hond of the Lord was maad on me, and ledde me out in the spirit of the Lord; and he lefte me in the myddis of a feeld that was ful of boonys;
(The hand of the Lord was made on me, and led me out in the spirit of the Lord; and he left me in the midst of a field that was full of boonys;)

Luth Und des HErr’s Hand kam über mich und führete mich hinaus im Geist des HErr’s und stellete mich auf ein weit Feld, das voller Beine lag.
(And the LORD’s hand came above me and führete me hinaus in_the spirit the LORD’s and stellete me on a weit Feld, the voller Beine lay.)

ClVg Facta est super me manus Domini, et eduxit me in spiritu Domini, et dimisit me in medio campi qui erat plenus ossibus.
(Facta it_is over me hands Master, and eduxit me in spiritu Master, and dimisit me in in_the_middle campi who was plenus ossibus. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Ezekiel is speaking.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) The hand of Yahweh was upon me

(Some words not found in UHB: she/it_was upon,me hand YHWH and,brought_~_out,me in/on/at/with,Spirit YHWH and,set_~_down,me in_the=middle the,valley and=she full_of bones )

The word “hand” is often used to refer to someone’s power or action. A person with his hand on another person has power over that other person. See how you translated a similar phrase in Ezekiel 1:3. Alternate translation: “Yahweh was controlling me”

(Occurrence 0) in the midst

(Some words not found in UHB: she/it_was upon,me hand YHWH and,brought_~_out,me in/on/at/with,Spirit YHWH and,set_~_down,me in_the=middle the,valley and=she full_of bones )

Alternate translation: “in the middle”

Parallel EZE 37:1

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