Ezekiel 10:15
13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:18–20
Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
Read in contextEzekiel 11:22
Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
Read in contextEzekiel 8:6
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:3
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
Read in contextHosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Read in contextEzekiel 1:13–14
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
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