Ezekiel 1:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Date of Vision of Living Creatures and Glory of the Throne of Yahweh
1 And it was in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, and I was in the midst of[a] the exiles[b] by the Kebar River.[c] The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of the king Jehoiachin— 3 the word of Yahweh came[d] clearly[e] to Ezekiel the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans at the Kebar River,[f] and the hand of Yahweh was on him there.
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- Ezekiel 1:1 Or “among”
- Ezekiel 1:1 Hebrew “exile”
- Ezekiel 1:1 Literally “river of Kebar”
- Ezekiel 1:3 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 1:3 Or “certainly”
- Ezekiel 1:3 Literally “river of Kebar”
Ezekiel 1:1-3
New American Standard Bible
The Vision of Four Figures
1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the (A)river Chebar among the exiles, the (B)heavens were opened and I saw [a](C)visions of God. 2 (On the fifth of the month [b]in the (D)fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, 3 the (E)word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the (F)land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there (G)the hand of the Lord came upon him.)
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- Ezekiel 1:1 Some ancient versions a vision
- Ezekiel 1:2 Lit it was
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