Ezekiel 1:2-4
English Standard Version
2 On the fifth day of the month (it was (A)the fifth year of (B)the exile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel (C)the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by (D)the Chebar canal, and (E)the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
The Glory of the Lord
4 As I looked, behold, (F)a stormy wind came (G)out of the north, and a great cloud, with (H)brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, (I)as it were gleaming metal.[a]
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- Ezekiel 1:4 Or amber; also verse 27
Ezekiel 1:2-4
New King James Version
2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the [a]Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and (A)the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
4 Then I looked, and behold, (B)a whirlwind was coming (C)out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
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- Ezekiel 1:3 Or Babylonians, and so elsewhere in the book
Ezekiel 1:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 (On the fifth of the month [a]in the (A)fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, 3 the (B)word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the (C)land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there (D)the hand of the Lord came upon him.)
4 As I looked, behold, a (E)high wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing intermittently and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like (F)gleaming [b]metal in the midst of the fire.
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- Ezekiel 1:2 Lit it was
- Ezekiel 1:4 Heb uncertain; Gr indicates a gold and silver alloy
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