Ezekiel 37 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 37:6

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 37:6 in other translations

BSBI will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
WEBI will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”’”
ASVAnd I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTand I have given on you sinews, and cause flesh to come up upon you, and covered you over with skin, and given in you a spirit, and ye have lived, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.'
DARBYAnd I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEAnd I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterAnd I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 37:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the actual proof of My divinity which I will give in reviving Israel.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 I will lay sinews upon you - Observe the progress: 1. Here are the bones. 2. The ligaments, called here sinews, are to be added in order to unite the bones, that the skeleton might be complete. 3. The flesh (the whole muscular system, the subjacent and superjacent muscles, including the arterial and venous system) clothes this skeleton. 4. The skin (the dermis and epidermis, or cutis and cuticle) envelopes the whole of these muscles or flesh; and now these bodies are in the state that the body of Adam was before it received the animal and intellectual principle from God. 5. There was no breath in them - they had not yet received their souls. 6. The wind, רוח ruach, the soul, came into them. They were endued with animal and intellectual life; and they arose and evidenced a complete restoration to life, and began to perform its functions, Eze 37:10.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 37:1-14

God restores dried bones to life. (Ezek 37:1-14) The whole house of Israel is represented as enjoying the blessings of Christ's kingdom. (Ezek 37:15-28) Verses 1-14 No created power could restore human bones to life. God alone could cause them to live. Skin and flesh covered them, and the wind was then told to blow upon these bodies; and they were restored to life. The wind was an emblem of the Spirit of God, and…

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Ezekiel 37:6 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָתַתִּי֩ve.na.ta.Tiand I will giveH5414
עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם'a.lei.Khemto youH5921
גִּדִ֜יםgi.DimsinewsH1517
וְֽהַעֲלֵתִ֧יve.ha.'al.Tiand I will bring upH5927
עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם'a.lei.Khemover youH5921
בָּשָׂ֗רba.SarfleshH1320
וְקָרַמְתִּ֤יve.ka.ram.Tiand I will coverH7159
עֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.Khemover youH5921
ע֔וֹרorskinH5785
וְנָתַתִּ֥יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414
בָכֶ֛םva.Khemin you
ר֖וּחַRu.achbreathH7307
וִחְיִיתֶ֑םvich.yi.Temand you will liveH2421
וִידַעְתֶּ֖םvi.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 37:6

  • Joel 2:27

    And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  • Joel 3:17

    So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

  • Ezekiel 37:14

    And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 38:23

    Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 39:6

    And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 35:9

    I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 35:12

    And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

  • Ezekiel 6:7

    And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 20:28

    And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 34:27

    And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

  • Deuteronomy 29:6

    Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

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I will.
8-10
ye shall.
14; 6:7,13; 7:4,9; 11:10,12; 20:38; 28:22-26; 32:15; 34:27
35:9,12,15; 38:23; 39:6,22,28; De 29:6; 1Ki 20:28; Isa 49:23
Joe 2:27; 3:17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 37:5

    Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

  • Ezekiel 37:6

    And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 37:7

    So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

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Ezekiel 37:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pondré nervios sobre vosotros, y haré subir sobre vosotros carne, y os cubriré de piel, y pondré en vosotros espíritu, y viviréis; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je mettrai sur vous des nerfs, et je ferai venir sur vous de la chair, et je vous recouvrirai de peau; et je mettrai en vous le souffle, et vous vivrez; et vous saurez que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde Sehnen über euch legen und Fleisch über euch wachsen lassen und euch mit Haut überziehen, und ich werde Odem in euch legen, daß ihr lebendig werdet. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dabo super vos nervos, et succrescere faciam super vos carnes, et superextendam in vobis cutem, et dabo vobis spiritum, et vivetis: et scietis quia ego Dominus.