Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So as I was looking up, behold, there was sent unto me a hand, wherein was a closed book:
New American Standard Bible
Then I looked, and behold, a
King James Version
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Holman Bible
So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me,
International Standard Version
As I watched, all of a sudden there was a hand being stretched out in my direction! And there was a scroll
A Conservative Version
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me, and, lo, a roll of a book was in it,
American Standard Version
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Amplified
Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out toward me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
Bible in Basic English
And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;
Darby Translation
And I looked, and behold, a hand was put forth toward me; and behold, a roll of a book therein.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall see, and behold, a hand sent to me; and behold, in it a roll of a book.
King James 2000
And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a scroll of a book was in it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I looked, and look! There was a hand stretched out to me, and look! In it [was] {a scroll with writing}.
Modern King James verseion
And I looked, and behold! A hand was extended to me; and lo, a roll of a book was in it.
NET Bible
Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
New Heart English Bible
When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
The Emphasized Bible
So I looked, and lo! a hand put forth unto me, - and lo! therein a scroll;
Webster
And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and lo, a roll of a book was in it;
World English Bible
When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;
Youngs Literal Translation
And I look, and lo, a hand is sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Ezekiel To Speak God's Words
8 Therefore, thou son of man, obey thou all things, that I say unto thee, and be not thou stiffnecked, like as they are a stiffnecked household. Open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee." 9 So as I was looking up, behold, there was sent unto me a hand, wherein was a closed book: 10 and the hand opened it before me, and it was written within and without, full of careful mournings: alas, and woe.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 8:3
This similitude stretched out a hand, and took me by the hairy locks of my head, and the spirit lift me up betwixt heaven and earth: And God brought me in a vision to Jerusalem, into the court of the inward port that lieth toward the north. There stood an image, with whom he that hath all things in his power was very wroth.
Ezekiel 3:1
After this said he unto me, "Thou son of man, eat that, whatsoever it be: Yea, eat that closed book, and go thy way, and speak unto the children of Israel."
Daniel 10:10
And behold a hand touched me, which set me up upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands,
Revelation 5:1-5
And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat in the throne, a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 10:8-11
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, "Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel, which standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth."
Jeremiah 1:9
And with that, the LORD stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth, and said moreover unto me, "Behold, I put my words in thy mouth,
Jeremiah 36:2
"Take a book, and write therein all the words, that I have spoken to thee, to Israel, to Judah, and to all the people, from the time that I began for to speak unto thee in the reign of Josiah, unto this day.
Daniel 5:5
In the very same hour there appeared fingers, as it had been of a man's hand writing, right over against the candlestick upon the plain wall in the king's palace: and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.
Daniel 10:16-18
Behold, there touched my lips one very like unto a man. Then opened I my mouth, and said unto him, that stood before me, "O my lord, my joints are loosed in the vision, and there is no more strength within me:
Hebrews 10:7
Then I said, 'Lo I come.' In the chiefest of the book it is written of me, that I should do thy will, o God."