Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
KJV
Et factum est in trigesimo anno, in quarto, in quinta mensis, cum essem in medio captivorum juxta fluvium Chobar, aperti sunt cæli, et vidi visiones Dei.
Vulgate
ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ ἔτει τετάρτῳ μηνὶ πέμπτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς καὶ ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν μέσῳ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Χοβάρ, καὶ ἠνοίχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδον ὁράσεις θεοῦ.
LXX
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourthmonth, in the fifthdayof the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֣י בִּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה בָּֽ/רְבִיעִי֙ בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ וַ/אֲנִ֥י בְ/תֽוֹךְ הַ/גּוֹלָ֖ה עַל נְהַר כְּבָ֑ר נִפְתְּחוּ֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וָ/אֶרְאֶ֖ה מַרְא֥וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and that although He is to us in this life invisible and incomprehensible, nevertheless He is not unknown; inasmuch as His works do declare Him, and His Word has shown that in many modes He may be seen and known. 1. As regards His greatness, therefore, it is not possible to know God, for it i…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 12:1 — It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- 2Kgs 24:14 — And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the peop
- Acts 7:56 — And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
- Acts 9:10 — And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
- Acts 10:3 — He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
- Acts 10:11 — And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
- Dan 8:1 — In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
- Eccl 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before th
- Exod 24:10 — And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
- Ezek 1:3 — The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
- Ezek 3:15 — Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
- Ezek 3:15 — Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
- Ezek 3:23 — Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
- Ezek 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; 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 o
- Ezek 10:15 — And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
- Ezek 10:20 — This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
- Ezek 10:20 — This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
- Ezek 10:22 — And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
- Ezek 11:24 — Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
- Ezek 40:2 — In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
- Ezek 40:2 — In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
- Ezek 43:3 — And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river
- Gen 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
- Gen 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
- Gen 46:2 — And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
- Hos 12:10 — I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
- Isa 1:1 — The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isa 6:1 — In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
- Jer 24:5 — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for t
- Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- Luke 3:21 — Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
- Luke 3:23 — And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
- Mark 1:10 — And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
- Matt 3:16 — And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matt 3:16 — And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matt 17:9 — And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
- Num 4:3 — From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Num 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.