Ezekiel 3:22

What does Ezekiel 3:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 3:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And there is on me there a hand of Jehovah, and He saith to me, `Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I do speak with thee.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and there I will talk with thee.

Context

v.21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

v.22This passage

v.23Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 8:4

    And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

  • Ezekiel 37:1

    The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

  • Acts 9:6

    but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

  • Ezekiel 1:3

    the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

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