Ezekiel 36 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 36:11

And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 36:11 in other translations

BSBI will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
WEBI will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASVand I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTAnd I have multiplied on you man and beast, And they have multiplied and been fruitful, And I have caused you to dwell according to your former states, And I have done better than at your beginnings, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.
DARBYAnd I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and bring forth fruit; and I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, yea, I will make it better than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEMan and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterAnd I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old states, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 36:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. do better ... than at your beginnings--as in the case of Job (Job 42:12). Whereas the heathen nations fall irrevocably, Israel shall be more than restored; its last estate shall exceed even its first.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast - The agriculturalist and the beast of burden. And will do better unto you than at your beginnings - I agree with Calmet, that it would be difficult to show the literal fulfillment of this prophecy from the days of Zerubbabel to the birth of Christ. The colouring is too high for that period; and the whole falls in better with Gospel than with Jewish times.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15

The land shall be delivered from heathen oppressors. (Ezek 36:1-15) The people are reminded of former sins, and promised deliverance. (Ezek 36:16-24) Also holiness, and gospel blessings. (Ezek 36:25-38) Verses 1-15 Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 36:1-15 →

Ezekiel 36:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧יve.hir.bei.Tiand I will multiplyH7235
עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921
אָדָ֥ם'a.Damhuman[s]H120
וּבְהֵמָ֖הu.ve.he.Mahand animal[s]H929
וְרָב֣וּve.ra.Vuand they will increaseH7235
וּפָר֑וּu.fa.Ruand they will be fruitfulH6509
וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּ֨יve.ho.shav.Tiand I will cause to dwellH3427
אֶתְכֶ֜ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םke.kad.mo.tei.Khemlike former state yourH6927
וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ve.he.ti.vo.Tiand I will do goodH3190
מֵרִאשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔םme.ri.Sho.tei.Khemmore than beginnings yourH7221
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םvi.da'.Temand you will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 36:11

  • Jeremiah 33:12

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-8

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

  • Micah 7:14

    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Ezekiel 37:13

    And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

  • Jeremiah 31:27

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

  • Hosea 2:20

    I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 16:55

    When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

  • Jeremiah 30:18

    Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

  • Job 42:12

    So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  • Amos 9:15

    And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • Obadiah 1:19-21

    And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will multiply.
Jer 31:27; 33:12
and I will settle.The circumstances of the Jews were never so prosperous after the captivity as they had been before; hence this prophecy must refer to the times of the Gospel and the future conversion and restoration of the Jews.
Jer 30:18; 31:38-40; Ob 1:19-21; Mic 7:14
will do.
35; Isa 30:26; 54:7-10; Jer 23:5-8; Joe 3:18-21; Am 9:15; Hag 2:6-9
Zec 8:11-15; Heb 8:8-13; 11:40
and ye.
35:9; 37:6,13; Isa 52:4-6; Ho 2:20; 1Jo 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 36:10

    And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

  • Ezekiel 36:11

    And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 36:12

    Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

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Ezekiel 36:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y multiplicaré sobre vosotros hombres y bestias, y serán multiplicados y crecerán: y os haré morar como solíais antiguamente, y os haré más bien que en vuestros principios; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je multiplierai sur vous les hommes et les bêtes, et ils multiplieront et fructifieront; et je ferai que vous serez habitées comme en vos temps d’autrefois, et je vous ferai plus de bien que lors de votre commencement; et vous saurez que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde Menschen und Vieh auf euch vermehren, und sie werden sich mehren und fruchtbar sein; und ich werde euch bewohnt machen, wie in euren Vorzeiten, und werde euch wohltun, mehr als in euren Anfängen. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et replebo vos hominibus et jumentis, et multiplicabuntur, et crescent: et habitare vos faciam sicut a principio, bonisque donabo majoribus quam habuistis ab initio: et scietis quia ego Dominus.