Ezekiel 8:1 “In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting…”

Ezekiel 8:1

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

World English Bible

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord GOD’s hand fell on me there.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.

Geneva Bible 1599

And in the sixt yere, in the sixt moneth, and in the fift day of the moneth, as I sate in mine house, and the Elders of Iudah sate before me, the hand of the Lord God fell there vpon me.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, that [as] I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah,

Bible in Basic English

Now in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in my house and the responsible men of Judah were seated before me, the hand of the Lord came on me there.

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Cross references

“in the sixth year”

Ezekiel 20:1 Ezekiel 24:1 Ezekiel 26:1 Ezekiel 29:1 Ezekiel 29:17 Ezekiel 31:1

Ezekiel 20:1 · BSB

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

Ezekiel 24:1 · BSB

In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 26:1 · BSB

In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:1 · BSB

In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:17 · BSB

In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 31:1 · BSB

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“and the”

Ezekiel 14:1 Ezekiel 33:31 Ezekiel 14:4 Malachi 2:7 Acts 20:33

Ezekiel 14:1 · BSB

Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.

Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 14:4 · BSB

Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will…

Malachi 2:7 · BSB

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Acts 20:33 · BSB

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

“that the”

Ezekiel 3:12 Ezekiel 3:14 Ezekiel 3:22 Ezekiel 37:1 Ezekiel 1:3

Ezekiel 3:12 · BSB

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”

Ezekiel 3:14 · BSB

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

Ezekiel 3:22 · 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.”

Ezekiel 37:1 · BSB

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

Ezekiel 1:3 · BSB

the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.

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