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Ezekiel 1:1–2

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Ezekiel’s First Vision of God

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1*On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year,a I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the River Chebar in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God. 2*(It was the fifth year since King Jehoiachin had been taken into exile.)

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Footnotes

  1. athirtieth year: It is not known to what year this refers.

Cross references

  1. *1.1: Rev 19:11
  2. *1.2: 2 K 24:10–16; 2 Ch 36:9, 10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile —

NLTNew Living Translation

On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it was in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, and I was in the midst of the exiles by the Kebar River. The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of the king Jehoiachin—

KJV 1900King James Version

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. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,