Ezekiel 37:20
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
Ezekiel 37:20 in other translations
| BSB | When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people, |
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| WEB | The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”’ |
| ASV | And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes. |
| YLT | And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes, |
| DARBY | And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes. |
| BBE | And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes. |
| Webster | And the sticks on which thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes. |
What does Ezekiel 37:20 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…
Ezekiel 37:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 37:20
- Ezekiel 12:3
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
- Numbers 17:6-9
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
- Hosea 12:10
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
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Context
- 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 37:20
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 37:21
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Ezekiel 37:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los palos sobre que escribieres, estarán en tu mano delante de sus ojos; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les bois sur lesquels tu auras écrit seront dans ta main, sous leurs yeux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Hölzer, auf welche du geschrieben hast, sollen in deiner Hand sein vor ihren Augen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Erunt autem ligna super quæ scripseris in manu tua in oculis eorum. |