Ezekiel 37:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָה הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וָאֹמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to me ben-ʾādām can hătiḥyenâ hāʿăṣāmôt hāʾēlleh and wāʾōmar ʾădōnāy Yᵊhwih ʾattâ yādāʿtā

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: verb, qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *ben-ʾādām*: construct state - son of man/human
• *hătiḥyenâ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural with interrogative prefix - will they live?
• *hāʿăṣāmôt*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the bones
• *hāʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
• *wāʾōmar*: verb, qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I said
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, lord/master with 1st person singular suffix
• *Yᵊhwih*: divine name, YHWH
• *ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *yādāʿtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you know

Word Meanings

• *ben-ʾādām*: son of man/human being/mortal (prophetic address form)
• *ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/my Master/Sovereign Lord

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' I answered, 'Sovereign Lord, You alone know.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559} unto me, Son{H1121} of man,{H120} can these bones{H6106} live?{H2421} And I answered,{H559} O Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} thou knowest.{H3045}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Son{H1121} of man{H120}, can these bones{H6106} live{H2421}{(H8799)}? And I answered{H559}{(H8799)}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde he vnto me: Thou sonne of man: thinkest thou these bones maye lyue agayne? I answered: O LORDE God, thou knowest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayde vnto me, Sonne of man, can these bones liue? And I answered, O Lorde God, thou knowest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then saide he vnto me: Thou sonne of man, thinkest thou these bones may liue againe? I aunswered, O Lorde God, thou knowest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord Yahweh, you know.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast known.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord Yahweh, you know.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to me,“Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him,“Sovereign LORD, you know.”

Referenced Verses

• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live: 26 And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?
• Deut 32:39 : 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: nor is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.
• Acts 26:8 : 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
• Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.
• 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
• Heb 11:19 : 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
• John 6:5-6 : 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company coming to him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread, so these may eat? 6 And he said this to test him: for he himself knew what he would do.
• Deut 32:29 : 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!