Ezekiel 37:2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

◄ Ezekiel 37:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

English Standard Version
And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.

New American Standard Bible
He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

King James Bible
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He led me all around them. There were a great many of them on the surface of the valley, and they were very dry.

International Standard Version
He led me here and there throughout the valley, and I was amazed to see that the surface of the entire valley was covered with myriads of very dry bones!

American Standard Version
And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.

Darby Bible Translation
And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.

Young's Literal Translation
and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many are on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

37:1-14 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 represented his quickening powers. The vision was to encourage the desponding Jews; to predict both their restoration after the captivity, and also their recovery from their present and long-continued dispersion. It was also a clear intimation of the resurrection of the dead; and it represents the power and grace of God, in the conversion of the most hopeless sinners to himself. Let us look to Him who will at last open our graves, and bring us forth to judgment, that He may now deliver us from sin, and put his Spirit within us, and keep us by his power, through faith, unto salvation.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. dry—bleached by long exposure to the atmosphere.