Ezekiel 37:17

New King James Version

Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.

Hebrew Names Version
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

King James Version
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

English Standard Version
And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

New American Standard Bible
"Then put them together for yourself one to another into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

New Century Version
Then join them together into one stick so they will be one in your hand.

Amplified Bible
Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt ioyne the one to another into one tree, & they shalbe as one in thine hand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then draw them together for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Berean Standard Bible
Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Contemporary English Version
Hold these two sticks end to end, so they look like one stick.

Complete Jewish Bible
Finally, bring them together into a single stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Darby Translation
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then join the two sticks together. In your hand, they will be one stick.

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

Good News Translation
Then hold the two sticks end to end in your hand so that they look like one stick.

Lexham English Bible
And join them one to the other with respect to you as one piece of wood, so that they may become one in your hand.

Literal Translation
And draw them one to one for yourself, into one stick. And they shall become one in your hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And than take both these together in thine honde, so shal there be one stycke therof.

American Standard Version
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

Bible in Basic English
Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

King James Version (1611)
And ioyne them one to another into one sticke, and they shall become one in thine hand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ioyne thee them one to another into one sticke: and they shalbe as one in thy hande.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt joint them together for thyself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in thine hand.

English Revised Version
and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thine hand.

World English Bible
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ioyne thou tho trees oon to the tother in to o tree to thee; and tho schulen be in to onement in thin hond.

Update Bible Version
and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

New English Translation
Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

New Living Translation
Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.

New Life Bible
Then join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.

New Revised Standard
and join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then bring them near - the one to the other - for thee into one stick,- And they shall become united in thy hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And join them one to the other into one stick, and they shall become one in thy hand.

Revised Standard Version
and join them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Young's Literal Translation
and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ¹⁶ "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself 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.' ¹⁷ Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. ¹⁸ "And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, "Will you not show us what you mean by these?'-- ¹⁹ say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' ²⁰ And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. ²¹ "Then say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; ²² and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. ²³ They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. ²⁴ "David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.

Bible Verse Review
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Ezekiel 37:22-24, Isaiah 11:13, Jeremiah 50:4, Hosea 1:11, Zephaniah 3:9

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 37:19 - Behold Amos 3:1 - against

Cross-References

2 Kings 6:13
So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." And it was told him, saying, "Surely he is in Dothan."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And join them one to another into one stick,.... Clap the sticks, planks, boards, or tables, to one another; glue them together, or set them so close to one another, that they may seem as one stick, plank, board, or table:

and they shall become one in thine hand; they shall look as if they were one. R. Joseph Kimchi, the father of David, thinks they really became one, by means of a miracle wrought; but there is no need to suppose this; it is enough that they appeared to be so.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A prophecy of the reunion of Israel and Judah, the incorporation of Israel under one Ruler, the kingdom of Messiah upon earth and in heaven.

Ezekiel 37:16

One stick - So in the marginal reference the names of the tribes had been written on rods or sticks.

For Judah ... - To the house of David had remained faithful, not only Judah, but also Benjamin, Levi, and part of Simeon, and individual members of various tribes 2 Chronicles 11:12-16. Compare the marginal references.

Joseph ... Ephraim - Compare Psalms 78:67; Hosea 5:5 ff “Joseph” is the general name here for the ten tribes, including “Ephraim,” the chief tribe, and his companions. Omit “for” before “all.” “All the house of Israel” is here the ten tribes.

Ezekiel 37:19

In the hand of Ephraim - Because Ephraim was the ruling tribe; the words are contrasted with “in mine hand.”

Ezekiel 37:20

This sign was literally enacted in the presence of the people, not, like some signs, merely in vision (see the Ezekiel 3:1 note).

Ezekiel 37:21

The gathering together of the children of Israel was to take effect in the first place in the return from Babylon, when the distinction of Israel and Judah should cease. The full completion concerns times still future, when all Israel shall come in to acknowledge the rule of Christ.

Ezekiel 37:22

One king - The restoration of Israel to their native soil will lead the way to the coming of the promised King, the Son of David, who will gather into His kingdom the true Israel, all who shall by faith be acknowledged as the Israel of God. The reign of the One King David is the reign of Christ in His kingdom, the Church.

Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 37:26

An enlargement of the promises. The kingdom is to be “forever,” the covenant “everlasting.” This looks forward to the consummation of all God’s promises 1 Corinthians 15:24, 1 Corinthians 15:28.

Ezekiel 37:27

This gives a final blessing reserved for God’s accepted servants. The tabernacle and temple were outward symbols of His presence. The re-erection of the temple by Zerubbabel was the first step to a restoration of the presence of God. The second step was the presence of Christ, first in the flesh, then in His Church, and finally the eternal presence of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem Revelation 21:0.