Ezekiel 37:20
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New International Version (©2011)
Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,

International Standard Version (©2012)
"The batons on which you engrave your writing are to remain right in front of them in your hand.

NET Bible (©2006)
The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When you hold the sticks in your hand, let the people see them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

American King James Version
And the sticks where on you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

American Standard Version
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sticks whereon thou hast written, shall be in thy hand, before their eyes.

Darby Bible Translation
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

English Revised Version
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sticks on which thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

World English Bible
The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 the bond of peace; let us seek for Divine grace to keep us from detestable things; and let us pray that all nations may be obedient and happy subjects of the Son of David, that the Lord may be our God, and we may be his people for evermore.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the sticks whereon thou writest,.... Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction:

shall be in thine hand before their eyes; shall be held up to them to look at for some time, and observe the cement of the two sticks; and learn and lay up in their minds what is meant by this emblem; and be assured that what is hereafter said as a further explication of it shall certainly be fulfilled.

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One Nation with One King
…19Say to them, Thus said 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 my hand. 20And the sticks where on you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, where they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: …

Ezekiel 37:19 say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph--which is in Ephraim's hand--and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.'
Ezekiel 37:21 and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.