Ezekiel 10:15
13 I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
17 When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
- KJV
- And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
- WEB
- The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
- ASV
- And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
- DARBY
- And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
- BLB
- And the cherubim rose upward. This [was] the living creature that I saw by the River Chebar.
- ÅB
- Og kjerubene hevet seg; det var de livsvesener jeg hadde sett ved elven Kebar.
- OTB
- Da steg kjerubene oppover. Dette var de levende skapningene jeg hadde sett ved elven Kebar.
- B1930
- Og kjerubene hevet sig; det var de livsvesener jeg hadde sett ved elven Kebar.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:5
and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,
Read in contextEzekiel 10:18–20
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
Read in contextEzekiel 11:22
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Read in contextEzekiel 8:6
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
Read in contextEzekiel 1:3
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:3
The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
Read in contextHosea 9:12
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Read in contextEzekiel 1:13–14
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
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