Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"The batons on which you engrave your writing are to remain right in front of them in your hand.
New American Standard Bible
The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
King James Version
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
Holman Bible
“When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,
A Conservative Version
And the sticks on which thou write shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
American Standard Version
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
Amplified
The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
Bible in Basic English
And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.
Darby Translation
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
Julia Smith Translation
And the trees which thou shalt write upon them were in thy hand before their eyes.
King James 2000
And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the [pieces of] wood [on] which you wrote will be in your hand before their eyes.
Modern King James verseion
And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the two sticks whereupon thou writest, shalt thou have in thine hand, that they may see,
NET Bible
The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.
New Heart English Bible
The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
The Emphasized Bible
And the sticks whereon thou shalt write shall remain in thy hand before their eyes.
Webster
And the sticks on which thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
World English Bible
The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,
Themes
Instruction » Two sticks joined together
Israel » Hoshea » Prophecies concerning » Of the reunion of the ten tribes and judah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 37:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Valley Of Dried Bones; A Renewed Nation Of Israel
19 you are to tell them, "This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm taking the baton that represents Joseph, which Ephraim is holding in his hand, along with his companions the tribes of Israel, and I'm going to join them with the baton that represents Judah. I'm making them a single baton, that is, a complete baton in my hand." 20 "The batons on which you engrave your writing are to remain right in front of them in your hand. 21 Then tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch me take the Israelis out of the nations where they've gone and return them from every direction. I'm going to bring them back into their own land.
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:3
"So now, Son of Man, you are to prepare your luggage for a trip into exile, and then you are to leave during the daytime so they see you leaving. Leave from your place to another while they're watching. Then perhaps they'll realize that they're a rebellious house.
Numbers 17:6-9
So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron's rod was one of them.
Hosea 12:10
I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings.