Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. New Living Translation The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones. English Standard Version The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. Berean Standard Bible The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. King James Bible The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, New King James Version The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. New American Standard Bible The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. NASB 1995 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. NASB 1977 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. Legacy Standard Bible The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and caused me to rest in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. Amplified Bible The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. Christian Standard Bible The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by his Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. Holman Christian Standard Bible The hand of the LORD was on me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. American Standard Version The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Contemporary English Version Some time later, I felt the LORD's power take control of me, and his Spirit carried me to a valley full of bones. English Revised Version The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones; GOD'S WORD® Translation The power of the LORD came over me. The LORD brought me out by his Spirit and put me down in the middle of a valley. The valley was filled with bones. Good News Translation I felt the powerful presence of the LORD, and his spirit took me and set me down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones. International Standard Version The LORD laid his hand on me and brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD to the middle of a valley that was filled with bones. Majority Standard Bible The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. NET Bible The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones. New Heart English Bible The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Webster's Bible Translation The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, World English Bible Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThere has been a hand of YHWH on me, and He takes me forth in [the] Spirit of YHWH, and places me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, Young's Literal Translation There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, Smith's Literal Translation The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he will bring me forth in the spirit of Jehovah, and he will set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was filled with bones. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones. Catholic Public Domain Version The hand of the Lord was set upon me, and he led me away in the Spirit of the Lord, and he released me in the midst of a plain which was full of bones. New American Bible The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he led me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the broad valley. It was filled with bones. New Revised Standard Version The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHE hand of the LORD was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me down in a valley which was full of bones, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the hand of LORD JEHOVAH was there upon me, and he brought me in the Spirit of LORD JEHOVAH, and he set me in a plain, and it was filled with bones OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The hand of the LORD was upon me, and the LORD carried me out in a spirit, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones; Brenton Septuagint Translation And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Valley of Dry Bones1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. 2He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.… Cross References Revelation 11:11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them. Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. John 5:25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” Matthew 27:52-53 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. / After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, Jeremiah 32:17 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! Acts 2:24 But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip. 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. Psalm 104:30 When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. Treasury of Scripture The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the middle of the valley which was full of bones, hand. Ezekiel 1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, Ezekiel 3:14,22 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me… Ezekiel 33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. carried Ezekiel 8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. Ezekiel 11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 1 Kings 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. Jump to Previous Bones Carried Forth Full Hand Middle Midst Spirit ValleyJump to Next Bones Carried Forth Full Hand Middle Midst Spirit ValleyEzekiel 37 1. By the resurrection of dry bones11. the dead hope of Israel is revived 15. By the uniting of two sticks 18. is shown the incorporation of Israel into Judah 21. The promises of Christ's kingdom The hand of the LORD The phrase "the hand of the LORD" signifies divine power and authority. In Hebrew, "hand" (יָד, yad) often symbolizes strength and action. This expression indicates that Ezekiel is under the direct influence and guidance of God. Throughout Scripture, the "hand of the LORD" is associated with acts of deliverance, judgment, and prophetic revelation. It underscores God's active involvement in the affairs of His people and His sovereign control over history. was upon me and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley it was full of bones Which was full of bones.--It is better, with the Hebrew, to put a stop after "plain" (valley), and then read, this was full of bones. The bones, as the subsequent verses show, were not heaped together, but thickly strewn upon the face of the plain. After the prophet's mind had so long dwelt upon the desolating campaigns of Nebuchadnezzar, these ghastly reminders of the loss of human life might naturally enter into his thoughts. Verse 1. - The hand of the Lord was upon me. The absence of the customary "and" (comp. Ezekiel 1:1, 3; Ezekiel 3:14, 22), wanting only once again (Ezekiel 40:1), appears to indicate something extraordinary and unusual in the prophet's experience. In the words of Ewald, such a never-beheld sight one sees freely (by itself) in a moment of higher inspiration or never;" and that in this whole vision the prophet was the subject of a special and intensified inspiration is evident, not alone from the contents of the vision, but also from the language in which it is recorded. And carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord. So the Vulgate and Hitzig - a translation which Smend thinks might be justified by an appeal to Ezekiel 11:24, in which the similar phrase, "Spirit of God (Elohim)," occurs; though, with Grotius, Havernick, Keil, and others, he prefers the rendering of the LXX., "And Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit." The Revised Version combines the two thus: "And he carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord." Keil suggests that the words, "of God," in Ezekiel 11:24, were omitted here because of the word "Jehovah" immediately following. And set me down in the midst of the valley. As the article indicates, the valley in the neighborhood of Tel-Abib, where the prophet received his first instructions concerning his mission (Ezekiel 3:22); although Hengstenberg holds, wrongly we think, that "the valley here has nothing to do with the valley in Ezekiel 3:22." Which (literally, and it) was full of bones; i.e. of men who had been slaughtered there (ver. 9; comp. Ezekiel 39:11), and whose corpses had been left unburied upon the face of the plain (ver. 3), so that they were seen by the prophet. Whether these bones were actually in the valley, or merely formed part of the vision, can only be conjectured, though the latter opinion seems the more probable. At the same time, such a plain as is here depicted may well have been a battle-ground on which Assyrian and Chaldean armies had often met.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The handיַד־ (yaḏ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand of the LORD יְהוָה֒ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel was הָיְתָ֣ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be upon me, עָלַי֮ (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and He brought me out וַיּוֹצִאֵ֤נִי (way·yō·w·ṣi·’ê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim by His יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Spirit בְר֙וּחַ֙ (ḇə·rū·aḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit and set me down וַיְנִיחֵ֖נִי (way·nî·ḥê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down in the middle בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre of the valley; הַבִּקְעָ֑ה (hab·biq·‘āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains it וְהִ֖יא (wə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was full of מְלֵאָ֥ה (mə·lê·’āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully bones. עֲצָמֽוֹת׃ (‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame Links Ezekiel 37:1 NIVEzekiel 37:1 NLT Ezekiel 37:1 ESV Ezekiel 37:1 NASB Ezekiel 37:1 KJV Ezekiel 37:1 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 37:1 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 37:1 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 37:1 French Bible Ezekiel 37:1 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of Yahweh was on me (Ezek. 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