Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
- ESV And the hand of the LORD was upon me there. And he said to me, “Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.”
- NKJV Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.”
- NASB Now the hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.”
- NLT Then the Lord took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you there.”
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Cross-references · 5
- Acts 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Ezek 8:4Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- Ezek 1:3Yahweh’s word came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.
- Ezek 37:1Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
- Ezek 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
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