Ezekiel 11:22
20 so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23 And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
24 And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
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- BSB
- Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- ASV
- Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- DARBY
- And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- BLB
- And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels [were] beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [was] over them from above.
- ÅB
- Da løftet kjerubene sine vinger, og hjulene fulgte med, og Israels Guds herlighet var ovenover dem.
- OTB
- I det øyeblikket strakte kjerubene, med hjulene ved siden av dem, ut sine vinger, og Israels Guds herlighet var over dem.
- B1930
- Da løftet kjerubene sine vinger, og hjulene fulgte med, og Israels Guds herlighet var ovenover dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 10:19
As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:19–20
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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