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Read›Ezekiel›Chapter 37

The Valley of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:5

In 11 translations

BSB
This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.Or spirit; also in verses 6, 9, and 10
KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
WEB
The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
ASV
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
LSV
Thus said Lord YHWH to these bones: Behold, I am bringing a spirit into you, and you have lived,
YLT
Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived,
DBY
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
DRC
Thus saith the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.
GNV
Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall liue.
JPS
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
LXXE
Thus saith the Lord to these bones; Behold, I will bring upon you the breath of life:

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה לָעֲצָמ֖וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנִ֜י מֵבִ֥יא בָכֶ֛ם ר֖וּחַ וִחְיִיתֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Τάδε λέγει Κύριος τοῖς ὀστέοις τούτοις, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πνεῦμα ζωῆς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  • Ezekiel 37:14I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
  • Psalms 104:29–30When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
  • Ezekiel 37:9–10Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” So I…
  • John 20:22When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
  • Ephesians 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  • Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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