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Ezekiel 37:3

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

KJV

Et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, putasne vivent ossa ista ? Et dixi : Domine Deus, tu nosti.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ ζήσεται τὰ ὀστᾶ ταῦτα; καὶ εἶπα Κύριε, σὺ ἐπίστῃ ταῦτα.

LXX

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔/י בֶּן אָדָ֕ם הֲ/תִחְיֶ֖ינָה הָ/עֲצָמ֣וֹת הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וָ/אֹמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 126×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§715The prophetic texts that directly concern the sending of the Holy Spirit are oracles by which God speaks to the heart of his people in the language of the promise, with the accents of "love and fidelity."85 St. Peter will proclaim their fulfillment on the morning of Pentecost.86 According to these promises, at the "end time" the Lord's Spirit will renew the hearts of men, engra…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:35 — But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
  • 1Sam 2:6 — The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Acts 26:8 — Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
  • Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Heb 11:19 — Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
  • Isa 49:24 — Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
  • John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
  • Rom 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.