¹⁶Then one who looked like a man^b touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak.^x I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish^y because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.

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Footnotes

bMost manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; one manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint Then something that looked like a human hand

Cross references

xSee Isa 6:7; Jer 1:9; Da 8:15–18
ySee Isa 21:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And behold, one in the likeness of the children of man touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, “I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then look, there was one in the form of a human; he touched my lips and I opened my mouth and I spoke and I said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision my anxieties fell upon me and I have not retained my strength.

KJV 1900King James Version

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

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