Ezekiel 39 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 39:15

And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.
Ezekiel 39:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 39:15 in other translations

BSBAs they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
WEBThose who search through the land will pass through; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.
ASVAnd they that pass through the land shall pass through; and when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
YLTAnd those passing by have passed through the land, and seen a bone of man, and one hath constructed near it a sign till those burying have buried it in the valley of the multitude of Gog.
DARBYAnd the passers-by shall pass through the land, and when any seeth a man's bone, he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-Gog.
BBEAnd while they go through the land, if anyone sees a man's bone, he is to put up a sign by the place till those who are doing the work have put it in the earth in the valley of Hamon-gog.
WebsterAnd as passengers pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.

What does Ezekiel 39:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. First "all the people of the land" engaged in the burying for seven months; then special men were employed, at the end of the seven months, to search for any still left unburied. The passers-by helped them by setting up a mark near any such bones, in order to keep others from being defiled by casually touching them, and that the buriers might come and remove them. Denoting the minute care to put away every relic of heathen pollution from the Holy Land.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22

How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who…

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Ezekiel 39:15 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.

וְעָבְר֤וּve.'a.ve.Ruand they will passH5674
הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ha.'oe.Rimthose [who] passH5674
בָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776
וְרָאָה֙ve.ra.'Ahand they will seeH7200
עֶ֣צֶם'E.tzema bone ofH6106
אָדָ֔ם'a.Dama humanH120
וּבָנָ֥הu.va.Nahand he will buildH1129
אֶצְל֖וֹ'etz.Lobeside itH681
צִיּ֑וּןtzi.Yuna markerH6725
עַ֣ד'aduntilH5704
קָבְר֤וּka.ve.Ruthey have buriedH6912
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> itH853
הַֽמְקַבְּרִ֔יםham.ka.be.Rimthose [who] buryH6912
אֶל\־'el-toH413
גֵּ֖יאgei'[the] valley ofH1516
הֲמ֥וֹןha.MonHamon-H1996
גּֽוֹג\׃GogGogH1996

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 39:15

  • Luke 11:44

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
set. Heb. build.
Lu 11:44
in the.
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Context

  • Ezekiel 39:14

    And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

  • Ezekiel 39:15

    And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.

  • Ezekiel 39:16

    And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

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Ezekiel 39:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pasarán los que irán por el país, y el que viere los huesos de algún hombre, edificará junto á ellos un mojón, hasta que los entierren los sepultureros en el valle de Hamón-gog.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les passants passeront par le pays, et s’ils voient un ossement d’homme, ils élèveront à côté de lui un signal, jusqu’à ce que les enterreurs l’aient enterré dans la vallée de Hamon-Gog;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Umherziehenden werden im Lande umherziehen; und wenn einer ein Menschengebein sieht, so wird er ein Mal daneben errichten, bis die Totengräber es im Tale der Menge Gogs begraben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et circuibunt peragrantes terram: cumque viderint os hominis, statuent juxta illud titulum, donec sepeliant illud pollinctores in valle multitudinis Gog.