King James Version
Ezekiel 2:1 in the King James Version says “And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.”
Ezekiel 2:1 · KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. nation: Heb. nations
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto me Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon thy feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“and I will speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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