Ezekiel 11:22
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
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.
23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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, 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
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:19–20
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
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