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Ezekiel 37:3

Ezekiel 37:3 is verse 3 of Ezekiel chapter 37, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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Ezekiel 37:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

2 He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.

3 Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

4 And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

5 This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 6:5

When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

John 6:6

But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

John 11:26

And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Acts 26:8

Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

Romans 4:17

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

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