Ezekiel 37:3
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And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live and I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.

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John 6:5,6 When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? . . .

O Lord God

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

1 Samuel 2:6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth back again.

John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: . . .

Acts 26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?

Romans 4:17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

2 Corinthians 1:9,10 But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead. . . .

Hebrews 11:19 Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Whereupon also he received him for a parable.

Context
The Valley of Dry Bones
2And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry. 3And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live and I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.4And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:35
But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? Or with what manner of body shall they come?

Deuteronomy 32:39
See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1 Samuel 2:6
The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth back again.

Ezekiel 26:19
For thus saith the Lord God: When I shall make thee a desolate city like the cities that are not inhabited: and shall bring the deep upon thee, and many waters shall cover thee:

Ezekiel 37:2
And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.

Lexicon
Then He asked
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

me,
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

can these
הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

bones
הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת (hā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

live?”
הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָה (hă·ṯiḥ·ye·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

“O Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

GOD,”
יְהוִ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

I replied,
וָאֹמַ֕ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“only You
אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know.”
יָדָֽעְתָּ׃ (yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know


Additional Translations
Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know.

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

And he said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? and I said, O Lord God, thou knowest this.

And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

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

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

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

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, 'O Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast known.'
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