Ezekiel 8:1
In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
2 Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
3 He 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 inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
- KJV
- And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
- WEB
- In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord GOD’s hand fell on me there.
- ASV
- And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, that [as] I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
- BLB
- And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, [that] I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and fell upon me there the hand of the Lord YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og det skjedde i det sjette år, i den sjette måned, på den femte dag i måneden, mens jeg satt i mitt hus, og Judas eldste satt foran meg, at Herrens, Israels Guds hånd falt på meg der.
- OTB
- I det sjette året, på den femte dagen i den sjette måneden, mens jeg satt i mitt hus med Judas eldste foran meg, kom Herrens hånd over meg der.
- B1930
- Og det skjedde i det sjette år, i den sjette måned, på den femte dag i måneden, mens jeg satt i mitt hus, og Judas eldste satt foran mig, at Herrens, Israels Guds hånd falt på mig der.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 20:1
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:1
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:2–3
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:4
Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
Read in contextEzekiel 3:22
And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
Read in contextEzekiel 40:1
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
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