Ezekiel 37:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Moreover, son of man, take one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And you, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} take{H3947} thee one{H259} stick,{H6086} and write{H3789} upon it, For Judah,{H3063} and for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} his companions:{H2270} then take{H3947} another{H259} stick,{H6086} and write{H3789} upon it, For Joseph,{H3130} the stick{H6086} of Ephraim,{H669} and [for] all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} his companions:{H2270}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover, thou son{H1121} of man{H120}, take{H3947}{(H8798)} thee one{H259} stick{H6086}, and write{H3789}{(H8798)} upon it, For Judah{H3063}, and for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} his companions{H2270}: then take{H3947}{(H8798)} another{H259} stick{H6086}, and write{H3789}{(H8798)} upon it, For Joseph{H3130}, the stick{H6086} of Ephraim{H669}, and for all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} his companions{H2270}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thou sonne of man, take a sticke and wryte vpon it: Vnto Iuda & to the children of Israel his companyons. Then take another sticke, and wryte vpon it: Vnto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim, and to all the housholde of Israel his companyons.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Moreouer thou sonne of man, take thee a piece of wood, and write vpon it, Vnto Iudah, and to the children of Israel his companions the take another piece of wood, and write vpon it, Vnto Ioseph the tree of Ephraim, and to al the house of Israel his companions.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou sonne of man, take one sticke, and write vpon it, Unto Iuda and to the children of Israel his companios. Then take another sticke and write vpon it, Unto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim, & to all the housholde of Israel his companions.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and `for' all the house of Israel his companions:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it,‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it,‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 15:9 : 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for they joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
  • Num 17:2-3 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take from each one of them a rod according to their ancestral houses, of all their leaders according to their ancestral houses twelve rods: write each man's name on his rod. 3 And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of each ancestral house.
  • 2 Chr 10:17 : 17 But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
  • 2 Chr 10:19 : 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
  • 2 Chr 11:11-17 : 11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and provisions of food, oil, and wine. 12 In every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their territories. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD. 15 And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made. 16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 12:16-20 : 16 So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. Therefore King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
  • 2 Chr 30:11-18 : 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. 16 And they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites. 17 For there were many in the congregation who were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passovers for everyone that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone

Similar Verses (AI)

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    91%

    17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand.

    18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

    19 Say to them, Thus says 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.

    20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

    21 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

    22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

  • Ezek 37:15
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    15 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

  • Isa 9:21
    71%

    21 Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together will be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Jer 36:2
    71%

    2 Take yourself a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

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    71%

    13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

  • Num 17:2-3
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    71%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take from each one of them a rod according to their ancestral houses, of all their leaders according to their ancestral houses twelve rods: write each man's name on his rod.

    3 And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of each ancestral house.

  • Zech 11:14
    70%

    14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

  • Num 26:28
    70%

    28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

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    70%

    18 In those days, the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers.

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    70%

    4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

  • Jer 13:11
    69%

    11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me, says the LORD; that they might be to me a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory: but they would not hear.

  • Hos 1:11
    69%

    11 Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

  • Isa 14:1
    69%

    1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

  • Hos 11:12
    69%

    12 Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God, and is faithful with the saints.

  • Ezek 37:11
    69%

    11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off.

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    69%

    5 They shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

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    68%

    13 Thus says the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

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    37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

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    6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. For I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

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    31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name:

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    67%

    14 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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    67%

    17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot.

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    67%

    2 Thus says the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write down all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

  • Isa 11:13
    67%

    13 The envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

  • Ezek 22:17
    67%

    17 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Obad 1:18
    67%

    18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken.

  • Jer 36:28
    67%

    28 Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

  • Ezek 36:16
    67%

    16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 17:1-2
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    1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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    67%

    12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of people.

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    7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the strength of My head; Judah is My lawgiver;

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    9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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    4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

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    67%

    25 Thus says the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

  • Gen 48:17
    67%

    17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

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    1 You also, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

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    3 And in Jerusalem lived the children of Judah, the children of Benjamin, the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.

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    4 And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

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