And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsAnd he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou--Thou hast known.'
And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)