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ULT The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went with bitterness in my spirit’s rage, for the hand of Yahweh was powerfully pressing on me!

UST The Spirit took me away. Within me I was very bitter and angry, and I felt unable to do anything, as though Yahweh were pushing down on me very powerfully.

BSB § So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

OEB So the spirit lifted me up and took me away and I went in great excitement, for the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

WEB So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.

WMB So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the LORD’s hand was strong on me.

NET A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.

LSV And [the] Spirit has lifted me up, and takes me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of YHWH [is] strong on me.

FBV As I said, the Spirit lifted me up and carried me away. As I went I was feeling upset and angry; however the Lord's power had taken full control of me.

T4T The Spirit took me away. Within me I was very bitter and angry [DOU], but I felt Yahweh holding me very powerfully.

LEB And the Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.

BBE And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS So a spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

ASV So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

DRA The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.

YLT And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me [is] strong.

DBY And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

RV So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away: and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

WBS So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

KJB So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.[fn][fn]
(So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.)

3.14 in bitterness: Heb. bitter

3.14 heat: Heb. hot anger

BB Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away, I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite: but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong.
(Now when the spirit lift me up and took me away, I went in bitterness and furie of my spirit: but the hand of the Lord upon me was strong.)

GNV So the spirit lift me vp, and tooke me away and I went in bitternesse, and indignation of my spirite, but the hand of the Lord was strong vpon me.
(So the spirit lift me up, and took me away and I went in bitterness, and indignation of my spirit, but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. )

CB Now when the sprete toke me vp, and caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy and a soroufull mynde, but the honde off ye LORDE comforted me right soone.
(Now when the spirit took me up, and carried me away, I went with an heuy and a soroufull mind, but the hand off ye/you_all LORD comforted me right soone.)

WYC Also the spirit reiside me, and took me. And Y yede forth bittir in the indignacioun of my spirit; for the hond of the Lord was with me, and coumfortide me.
(Also the spirit reiside me, and took me. And I went forth bittir in the indignation of my spirit; for the hand of the Lord was with me, and comfortede me.)

LUT Da hub mich der Wind auf und führete mich weg. Und ich fuhr dahin und erschrak sehr; aber des HErrn Hand hielt mich fest.
(So hub me the wind on and führete me weg. And I fuhr dahin and erschrak sehr; but the HErrn Hand hielt me fest.)

CLV Spiritus quoque levavit me, et assumpsit me: et abii amarus in indignatione spiritus mei: manus enim Domini erat mecum, confortans me.
(Spiritus quoque levavit me, and assumpsit me: and abii amarus in indignatione spiritus mei: manus because Domini was mecum, confortans me. )

BRN And the Spirit lifted me, and took me up, and I went in the impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was mighty upon me.

BrLXX Καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐξῇρέ με, καὶ ἀνέλαβέ με, καὶ ἐπορεύθην ἐν ὁρμῇ τοῦ πνεύματός μου, καὶ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐγένετο ἐπʼ ἐμὲ κραταιά.
(Kai to pneuma exaʸre me, kai anelabe me, kai eporeuthaʸn en hormaʸ tou pneumatos mou, kai ⱪeir Kuriou egeneto epʼ eme krataia. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Ezekiel seems to have been angry because Yahweh had sent him to speak to the Israelite exiles, thus rebelling against Yahweh himself. Though he was supposed to speak to them, he sat in silence for seven days, even though he could feel the anger of Yahweh “powerfully pressing on” him.

(Occurrence 0) away, and I went with bitterness in my spirit’s rage

(Some words not found in UHB: and=spirit lifted_~_up,me and,took_~_away,me and,went bitterness in/on/at/with,heat my=breath/wind/spirit and,hand YHWH on,me strong )

The words “bitterness” and “rage” are types of anger. This can be stated as a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “away. I was bitter and my spirit was full of anger” or “away. I was very bitter and angry”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) bitterness

(Some words not found in UHB: and=spirit lifted_~_up,me and,took_~_away,me and,went bitterness in/on/at/with,heat my=breath/wind/spirit and,hand YHWH on,me strong )

Ezekiel speaks of his anger at Yahweh as if there were a bad taste in his mouth because Yahweh had forced him to eat something that tasted bad.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) for the hand of Yahweh was powerfully pressing on me

(Some words not found in UHB: and=spirit lifted_~_up,me and,took_~_away,me and,went bitterness in/on/at/with,heat my=breath/wind/spirit and,hand YHWH on,me strong )

Ezekiel speaks of being sad and tired because Yahweh had commanded him to do things he did not want to do as if Yahweh were pushing him down into the ground.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the hand of Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and=spirit lifted_~_up,me and,took_~_away,me and,went bitterness in/on/at/with,heat my=breath/wind/spirit and,hand YHWH on,me strong )

This could mean: (1) the word “hand” is often used to refer to someone’s power or action. Alternate translation: “the power of Yahweh” or (2) Ezekiel knew that Yahweh was angry with him because he was not obeying Yahweh by speaking to the Israelite exiles.

Parallel EZE 3:14

General Information: