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Ezekiel 1:27-28
New English Translation
Ezekiel 1:27-28
New English Translation
27 I saw an amber glow[a] like a fire enclosed all around[b] from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, 28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain.[c] This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw[d] it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
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- Ezekiel 1:27 tn See Ezek 1:4.
- Ezekiel 1:27 tc The LXX lacks this phrase. Its absence from the LXX may be explained as a case of haplography resulting from homoioteleuton, skipping from כְּמַרְאֵה (kemarʾeh) to מִמַּרְאֵה (mimmarʾeh). On the other hand, the LXX presents a much more balanced verse structure when it is recognized that the final words of this verse belong in the next sentence.
- Ezekiel 1:28 sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.
- Ezekiel 1:28 tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.
Ezekiel 1:27-28
New International Version
Ezekiel 1:27-28
New International Version
27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.(A) 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(B) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(C)
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(D) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(E) and I heard the voice of one speaking.
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