Ezekiel Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
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And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;
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And I looked, and behold, a hand was put forth toward me; and behold, a roll of a book therein.
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And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
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When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;
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And I look, and lo, a hand `is' sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - An hand was sent (put forth, Revised Version) unto me, etc. Apparently the hand was not that of the human form seated on the throne (Ezekiel 1:26), nor of one of the four living creatures (Ezekiel 1:8), but one appearing mysteriously by itself, as in the history of Belshazzar's feast (Daniel 5:5). The words connect themselves with the use of the hand stretched out of a cloud as the symbols of the Divine energy both in Jewish and Christian art. The writer has in his possession a Jewish brass tablet, probably of the sixteenth century, commemorating the legend of the miraculous supply of oil at the Feast of the Dedication, in which such a hand appears as pouring oil into the seven-branched candlestick, or lamp, of the temple. Lo, a roll of a book, etc. The words remind us of the volume, or roll, in Psalm 40:7; Jeremiah 36:2; Zechariah 5:1; like those which are still used in Jewish synagogues.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Was sent unto me.--Better, was put forth, as the same word is translated in Genesis 3:22; Genesis 19:10; Ezekiel 8:3. In Ezekiel 10:7 it is rendered stretched forth, with the marginal sent forth, and the corresponding Chaldee word in Daniel 5:24 is translated "sent." It is not that a hand by itself containing the roll was sent to the prophet, but a hand, either of one of the cherubim,. or from the throne above, was stretched forth to him. In the corresponding vision in Revelation 10:8-9, it is handed to the seer by the angel. . . .
