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?
Ezekiel 37:18 in other translations
| BSB | When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’ |
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| WEB | “When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’ |
| ASV | And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these? |
| YLT | ‘And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these are to thee? |
| DARBY | And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these? |
| BBE | And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us? |
| Webster | And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these? |
What does Ezekiel 37:18 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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…
Ezekiel 37:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 37:18
- Ezekiel 24:19
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
- Ezekiel 12:9
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
- Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
- Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Context
- 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?
- Ezekiel 37:19
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Ezekiel 37:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando te hablaren los hijos de tu pueblo, diciendo: ¿No nos enseñarás qué te propones con eso? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand les fils de ton peuple te parleront, disant: Ne nous déclareras-tu pas ce que signifient pour toi ces choses? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn die Kinder deines Volkes zu dir sprechen und sagen: Willst du uns nicht kundtun, was diese dir bedeuten sollen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum autem dixerint ad te filii populi tui, loquentes: Nonne indicas nobis quid in his tibi velis? |