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Ezekiel’s Call

Ezekiel 2:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
KJV
¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
WEB
When I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
ASV
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
LSV
And I look, and behold, a hand [is] sent forth to me, and behold, a roll of a scroll [is] in it,
YLT
And I look, and lo, a hand [is] sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,
DBY
And I looked, and behold, a hand was put forth toward me; and behold, a roll of a book therein.
DRC
And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein was a book rolled up: and he spread it before me, and it was written within and without: and there were written in it lamentations, and canticles, and woe.
GNV
And when I looked vp, beholde, an hande was sent vnto me, and loe, a roule of a booke was therein.
JPS
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
LXXE
And I looked, and behold, a hand stretched out to me, and in it a volume of a book.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה וְהִנֵּה־יָ֖ד שְׁלוּחָ֣ה אֵלָ֑י וְהִנֵּה־ב֖וֹ מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ χεὶρ ἐκτεταμένη πρὸς μὲ, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ κεφαλὶς βιβλίου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the…
  • Daniel 10:10Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
  • Ezekiel 3:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
  • Revelation 10:8–11Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.” And I went to the angel and said, “Give me…
  • Revelation 5:1–5Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the…
  • Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
  • Daniel 10:16–18And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength. How can I,…
  • Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
  • Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
  • Hebrews 10:7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 2:9a in some Bibles
  • 2:9-10 in most Bibles

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