Ezekiel 10:16
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.
15 Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
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.
18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
- ASV
- And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them.
- DARBY
- And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
- BLB
- And in the going of the cherubim, the wheels went beside them; and the cherubim, in the lifting up of their wings, rose up from the earth, [and] the wheels did not turn, also they [were] beside them.
- ÅB
- Og når kjerubene gikk, gikk hjulene ved siden av dem, og når kjerubene løftet sine vinger for å heve seg opp fra jorden, skilte hjulene seg ikke fra dem.
- OTB
- Når kjerubene beveget seg, beveget hjulene seg ved siden av dem; og når kjerubene løftet vingene for å stige opp fra bakken, holdt hjulene seg ved siden av dem.
- B1930
- Og når kjerubene gikk, gikk hjulene ved siden av dem, og når kjerubene løftet sine vinger for å heve sig op fra jorden, skilte hjulene sig ikke fra dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:19–21
So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
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