Ezekiel 3:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Get up and go out to the valley, and I will speak to you there."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִ֥י עָלַ֛י שָׁ֖ם יַד־יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י ק֥וּם צֵא֙ אֶל־הַבִּקְעָ֔ה וְשָׁ֖ם אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אוֹתָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

And wattehî upon me ʿālay there šām yaḏ-yehwāh; and wayyōʾmer to me ʾēlay, "Arise qûm go out ṣēʾ to ʾel-habbiḵʿāh, and there wešām I will speak ʾădabbēr with you ʾôṯāḵ."

Grammar Details

• *wattehî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it was
• *ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *yaḏ*: feminine singular construct - hand of
• *yehwāh*: proper noun - LORD
• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *qûm*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - arise
• *ṣēʾ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - go out
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *habbiḵʿāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the valley/plain
• *wešām*: conjunction + adverb - and there
• *ʾădabbēr*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will speak
• *ʾôṯāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

• *wattehî*: and it was/came/happened
• *yaḏ*: hand/power/strength of
• *wayyōʾmer*: and he said/spoke/commanded
• *qûm*: arise/stand up/get up
• *ṣēʾ*: go out/exit/depart
• *biḵʿāh*: valley/plain/wide area
• *ʾădabbēr*: I will speak/talk/converse

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the hand of the LORD was upon me there; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will talk with you there.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And there came the hode off the LORDE vpon me, and he sayde vnto me: Stonde vp, and go in to the felde, yt I maye there talke with the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the hande of the Lorde was there vpon me, and he said vnto me, Arise, and goe into the fielde, and I will there talke with thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there came the hand of the Lord vpon me, and he sayd vnto me: Stande vp, and go into the fielde, that I may there talke with thee.

• Authorized 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The hand of Yahweh was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.'

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The hand of Yahweh was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:6 : 6 Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."
• Ezek 1:3 : 3 The word of the LORD came to Ezekiel, son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Kebar River, and there the hand of the LORD was upon him.
• Ezek 8:4 : 4 And there was the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision that I had seen in the valley.
• Ezek 37:1 : 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and anger of spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.