Ezekiel 2:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when I looked,{H7200} behold, a hand{H3027} was put{H7971} forth unto me; and, lo, a roll{H4039} of a book{H5612} was therein;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when I looked{H7200}{(H8799)}, behold, an hand{H3027} was sent{H7971}{(H8803)} unto me; and, lo, a roll{H4039} of a book{H5612} 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 And he stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that faces toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
• Dan 10:10 : 10 And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
• Rev 5:1-5 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals? 3 And no one in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look at it. 4 And I wept greatly because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, or to look at it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to break its seven seals.
• Rev 10:8-9 : 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land. 9 And I went to the angel and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it up; it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was bitter. 11 And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel.
• Dan 10:16-18 : 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him who stood before me, O my lord, because of the vision, my sorrows overwhelm me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, nor is there breath left in me. 18 Then there came again and touched me one in the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.
• Dan 5:5 : 5 In the same hour, fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take yourself a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.