Ezekiel 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW [when I was] in [my] thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of captivity beside the river Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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 Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Common English Bible

¹ In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, I was with the exiles at the Chebar River when the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And it happened that, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives beside the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:1 Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

Genesis 46:2

And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.”

Psalm 137:1

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Isaiah 1:1

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

Jeremiah 29:15

“Because you have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’ —

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and behold, on the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form resembling a throne.

Ezekiel 10:10

And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.

Ezekiel 10:15

And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.

Ezekiel 10:20

These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

Ezekiel 10:22

And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the very faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. They went every one straight forward.

Ezekiel 11:24

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Ezekiel 3:15

and I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

Ezekiel 3:23

So I arose and went forth into the plain; and, lo, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

Ezekiel 40:2

and brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city opposite me.

Ezekiel 43:3

And the vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

Ezekiel 8:3

He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

Hosea 12:10

I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

Joel 2:28

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Numbers 12:6

And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.

Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

Matthew 17:9

And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”

Matthew 3:16

And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him;

Mark 1:10

And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove;

Luke 3:21

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,

Luke 3:23

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

John 1:51

And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

Acts 10:11

and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth.

Acts 10:3

About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius.”

Acts 7:56

and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.”

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this.”