Ezekiel 37 · Verse 17

Ezekiel 37:17

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
Ezekiel 37:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 37:17 in other translations

BSBThen join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
WEBThen join them for yourself to one another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
ASVand join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.
YLTand bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.
DARBYAnd join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.
BBEThen, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.
WebsterAnd join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

What does Ezekiel 37:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 37:15-28

This emblem was to show the people, that the Lord would unite Judah and Israel. Christ is the true David, Israel's King of old; and those whom he makes willing in the day of his power, he makes to walk in his judgments, and to keep his statutes. Events yet to come will further explain this prophecy. Nothing has more hindered the success of the gospel than divisions. Let us study to keep the unity of the Spirit in…

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Ezekiel 37:17 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.

וְקָרַ֨בve.ka.Ravand bring nearH7126
אֹתָ֜ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֶחָ֧ד'e.ChadoneH259
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadoneH259
לְךָ֖le.Kha<for> yourself
לְעֵ֣ץle.'Etzinto a piece of woodH6086
אֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadoneH259
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
לַאֲחָדִ֖יםla.'a.cha.Dim<into> one<s>H259
בְּיָדֶֽךָ\׃be.ya.De.khain hand yourH3027

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 37:17

  • Hosea 1:11

    Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

  • Jeremiah 50:4

    In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.

  • Isaiah 11:13

    The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

  • Ezekiel 37:22-24

    And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  • Zephaniah 3:9

    For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

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22-24; Isa 11:13; Jer 50:4; Ho 1:11; Zep 3:9

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Context

  • Ezekiel 37:16

    Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

  • Ezekiel 37:17

    And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

  • Ezekiel 37:18

    And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

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Ezekiel 37:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Júntalos luego el uno con el otro, para que sean en uno, y serán uno en tu mano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et rapproche-les l’un de l’autre, pour qu’ils soient un seul bois, et ils ne seront qu’un dans ta main.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und bringe sie zusammen, eines zum anderen, dir zu einem Holze, so daß sie geeint seien in deiner Hand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et adjunge illa unum ad alterum tibi in lignum unum: et erunt in unionem in manu tua.