Ezekiel 2:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me, and in it was a scroll.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה וְהִנֵּה־יָ֖ד שְׁלוּחָ֣ה אֵלָ֑י וְהִנֵּה־ב֖וֹ מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר׃

Transliteration

And wā-ʾerʾeh and behold yād šəlûḥâ unto me, and behold in it məgillat-sēper

Grammar Details

• *wā-ʾerʾeh*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I saw
• *yād*: noun feminine singular - hand
• *šəlûḥâ*: Qal passive participle, feminine singular - sent out/extended
• *məgillat-sēper*: noun feminine singular construct + noun masculine singular - scroll of book/writing

Word Meanings

• *məgillat-sēper*: scroll of a book/written scroll/roll of writing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and, look, a scroll of a book was in it;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So as I was lokynge vp, beholde, there was sent vnto me an hande, wherin was a closed boke:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when I looked vp, beholde, an hande was sent vnto me, and loe, a roule of a booke was therein.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when I looked, beholde a hand was sent vnto me, and lo, in it was a roule of a booke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I look, and lo, a hand `is' sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

• World English Bible (2000)

  When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 8:3 : 3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the lock of my head. Then the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north-facing inner gate, where the seat of the idol that provokes jealousy was located.
• Dan 10:10 : 10 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
• Rev 5:1-5 : 1 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look at it. 4 And I wept bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look at it. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed and is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
• Rev 10:8-9 : 8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, 'Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and the land.' 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, 'Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth, it will be sweet as honey.' 10 I took the small scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 11 And he told me, 'You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.'
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel."
• Dan 10:16-18 : 16 Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, 'My lord, because of the vision my pains have overwhelmed me, and I have no strength left.' 17 How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe. 18 Again, the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength.
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'"
• Dan 5:5 : 5 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.'
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the days of Josiah until today.