Ezekiel 37:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when I looked, indeed, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְרָאִ֜יתִי וְהִנֵּֽה־עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם גִּדִים֙ וּבָשָׂ֣ר עָלָ֔ה וַיִּקְרַ֧ם עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם ע֖וֹר מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wᵊrāʾîtî and hinnēh-ʿălêhem gidîm and bāśār ʿālâ and wayyiqram ʿălêhem ʿôr milmāʿlâ and wᵊrûaḥ ʾên bāhem

Grammar Details

• *wᵊrāʾîtî*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I saw/looked
• *wᵊhinnēh*: conjunction with demonstrative particle - and behold
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them
• *gidîm*: noun, masculine plural - sinews/tendons
• *ûbāśār*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and flesh
• *ʿālâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - came up/grew
• *wayyiqram*: verb, qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it covered
• *ʿôr*: noun, masculine singular - skin
• *milmāʿlâ*: preposition compound - from above
• *wᵊrûaḥ*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular - and breath/spirit
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there was not
• *bāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them

Word Meanings

• *milmāʿlâ*: from above/on top
• *ʾên*: there is not/was not/no
• *ʿālâ*: came up/grew/sprouted

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whe I had loked, beholde, they had synowes, and flesh grewe vpon them: and aboue they were couered with skynne, but there was no breth in them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when I beheld, loe, the sinewes, & the flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue, the skinne couered them, but there was no breath in them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Now when I had loked, behold they had sinowes, & flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue they were couered with skin: but there was no breath in them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I beheld, and lo, on them `are' sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above -- and spirit there is none in them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.