^33:22Now the hand of the Lord had been on me³³ the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord³⁴ opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived³⁵ in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.³⁶

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Footnotes

33 The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.
34 Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
35 Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
36 Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

NLTNew Living Translation

The previous evening the Lord had taken hold of me and given me back my voice. So I was able to speak when this man arrived the next morning.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the hand of Yahweh was on me on the evening before the coming of the survivor, and he opened my mouth before the survivor came to me in the morning, and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer dumb.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

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