Ezekiel 2:9
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New International Version (©2011)
Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me. It held a scroll,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As I watched, all of a sudden there was a hand being stretched out in my direction! And there was a scroll

NET Bible (©2006)
Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
As I looked, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. In it was a scroll.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a scroll of a book was in it;

American King James Version
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll of a book was therein;

American Standard Version
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein was a book rolled up:

Darby Bible Translation
And I looked, and behold, a hand was put forth toward me; and behold, a roll of a book therein.

English Revised Version
And when I looked, behold, an hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

Webster's Bible Translation
And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and lo, a roll of a book was in it;

World English Bible
When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

Young's Literal Translation
And I look, and lo, a hand is sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:6-10 Those who will do any thing to purpose in the service of God, must not fear men. Wicked men are as briers and thorns; but they are nigh unto cursing, and their end is to be burned. The prophet must be faithful to the souls of those to whom he was sent. All who speak from God to others, must obey his voice. The discoveries of sin, and the warnings of wrath, should be matter of lamentation. And those acquainted with the word of God, will clearly perceive it is filled with woe to impenitent sinners; and that all the precious promises of the gospel are for the repenting, believing servants of the Lord.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - An hand was sent (put forth, Revised Version) unto me, etc. Apparently the hand was not that of the human form seated on the throne (Ezekiel 1:26), nor of one of the four living creatures (Ezekiel 1:8), but one appearing mysteriously by itself, as in the history of Belshazzar's feast (Daniel 5:5). The words connect themselves with the use of the hand stretched out of a cloud as the symbols of the Divine energy both in Jewish and Christian art. The writer has in his possession a Jewish brass tablet, probably of the sixteenth century, commemorating the legend of the miraculous supply of oil at the Feast of the Dedication, in which such a hand appears as pouring oil into the seven-branched candlestick, or lamp, of the temple. Lo, a roll of a book, etc. The words remind us of the volume, or roll, in Psalm 40:7; Jeremiah 36:2; Zechariah 5:1; like those which are still used in Jewish synagogues.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me,.... Not of an angel, but of Christ himself, in a visionary way; for this was not a real hand, but the likeness of one, as in Ezekiel 8:3; and so the Targum here,

"and I saw, and behold, the likeness of a hand stretched out on the side to me.''

This symbol was to show that his prophecy, that he was sent to deliver, was from heaven and came from Christ; and that hand that delivered it to him would protect and defend him:

and, lo a roll of a book was therein; held in it, and held forth by it, to the prophet. Books were frequently written on parchment or vellum, and rolled about a stick, in form of a cylinder; and hence they were called volumes or rolls, Psalm 40:7. This roll was a symbol of the prophecy of this book.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. roll—the form in which ancient books were made.

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Ezekiel's Call
…8But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that I give you. 9And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll of a book was therein; 10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Hebrews 10:7 Then I said, 'Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, my God.'"
Revelation 5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 10:8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
Jeremiah 36:2 "Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now.
Jeremiah 36:4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the LORD had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.
Ezekiel 3:1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel."
Ezekiel 8:3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.
Zechariah 5:1 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.