King James Version
Ezekiel 37:8 in the King James Version says “And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no bre...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ezekiel 37:8 · KJV
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
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.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. wind: or, breath
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And when I beheld”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and the flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“them above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“but there was no breath”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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