He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord Yahweh, you know.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
- BSB Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
- NKJV And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
- NASB Then He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “Lord God, You Yourself know.”
- NLT Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
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- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
- Deut 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- Rom 4:17As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- 2 Cor 1:9–10Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
- Heb 11:19concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
- 1 Sam 2:6“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
- Acts 26:8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
- John 6:5–6Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”
- Deut 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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