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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 10:15

These were the same creatures I had seen near the Chebar River. They controlled when and where the wheels moved—the wheels went wherever the creatures went and stopped whenever they stopped. Even when the creatures flew in the air, the wheels stayed beside them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chebar;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Wheel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rivers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Chebar;   Cherub;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chebar;   Creature;   River;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Chebar;   Cherub, Cherubim;   Ezekiel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Living Creatures;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cherubim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Creature, Living;   Living Creature;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chebar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The cherubim ascended; these were the living creatures I had seen by the Chebar Canal.
Hebrew Names Version
The Keruvim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Kevar.
King James Version
And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
English Standard Version
And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the Chebar canal.
New American Standard Bible
Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar.
New Century Version
Then the living creatures flew up. They were the same living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River.
Amplified Bible
Then the cherubim rose upward. They are the [same four] living beings [regarded as one] that I saw by the River Chebar [in Babylonia].
World English Bible
The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the k'ruvim rose. These were the living creatures I had seen by the K'var River.
Darby Translation
And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
George Lamsa Translation
And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the same living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Good News Translation
(They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air
Lexham English Bible
And the cherubim rose; that is, the living creatures that I saw at the Kebar River.
Literal Translation
And the cherubs rose up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& they were lifted vp aboue. This is the beest, that I sawe at the water of Cobar.
American Standard Version
And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Bible in Basic English
And the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the cherubim mounted up--this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
King James Version (1611)
And the Cherubims were lifted vp, this is the liuing creature that I saw by the riuer of Chebar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Cherubims were lyfted vp: This is the beast that I sawe at the water of Chebar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
English Revised Version
And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the cherubyns weren reisid. Thilke is the beeste, which Y hadde seyn bisidis the flood Chobar.
Update Bible Version
And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the cherubim were lifted up. This [is] the living creature that I saw by the river of Kebar.
New English Translation
The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.
New King James Version
And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar.
New Living Translation
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River.
New Life Bible
Then the cherubim rose up. They were the living beings that I saw by the Chebar River.
New Revised Standard
The cherubim rose up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then arose the cherubim, - the same, was the living one, which I had seen by the river Chebar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.
Revised Standard Version
And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.
Young's Literal Translation
And the cherubs are lifted up, it [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
THE MESSAGE
Then the cherubim ascended. They were the same living creatures I had seen at the Kebar River. When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved. When the cherubim spread their wings to take off from the ground, the wheels stayed right with them. When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When the cherubim rose, the wheels rose, because the spirit of the living creatures was also in the wheels.

Contextual Overview

8 I noticed again that each of the four winged creatures had what looked like human hands under their wings, 9 and I saw the four wheels near the creatures. These wheels were shining like chrysolite. 10 Each wheel was exactly the same and had a second wheel that cut through the middle of it, 11 so that they could move in any direction without turning. The wheels moved together whenever the creatures moved. 12 I also noticed that the wheels and the creatures' bodies, including their backs, their hands, and their wings, were covered with eyes. 13 And I heard a voice calling these "the wheels that spin." 14 Each of the winged creatures had four faces: the face of a bull, the face of a human, the face of a lion, and the face of an eagle. 15These were the same creatures I had seen near the Chebar River. They controlled when and where the wheels moved—the wheels went wherever the creatures went and stopped whenever they stopped. Even when the creatures flew in the air, the wheels stayed beside them. 18 Then I watched the brightness of the Lord 's glory move from the entrance of the temple and stop above the winged creatures. 19 They spread their wings and flew into the air with the wheels at their side. They stopped at the east gate of the temple, and the Lord 's glory was above them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lifted: Ezekiel 10:18, Ezekiel 10:19, Ezekiel 8:6, Ezekiel 11:22, Hosea 9:12

This: Ezekiel 10:20, Ezekiel 1:5, Ezekiel 1:13, Ezekiel 1:14, Ezekiel 43:3

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 3:15 - that dwelt

Cross-References

Genesis 10:2
Japheth's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, who settled along the coast.
Genesis 10:21
Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah and the grandfather of Eber, whose first son was named Peleg, because it was during his time that tribes divided up the earth. Eber's second son was Joktan. Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Their land reached from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country in the east.
Genesis 23:3
he went to the Hittites and said,
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun, you will settle along the seashore and provide safe harbors as far north as Sidon.
Exodus 3:8
and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Exodus 34:11
I will force out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, but you must do what I command you today.
Joshua 11:8
and crippled the enemies' horses. Joshua followed the Lord 's instructions, and the Lord helped Israel defeat the enemy. The Israelite army even chased enemy soldiers as far as Misrephoth-Maim to the northwest, the city of Sidon to the north, and Mizpeh Valley to the northeast. None of the enemy soldiers escaped alive. The Israelites came back after the battle and burned the enemy's chariots.
1 Chronicles 1:13
Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.
Isaiah 23:4
Sidon, you are a mighty fortress built along the sea. But you will be disgraced like a married woman who never had children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the cherubim were lifted up,.... From the earth;

:-;

this [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar: a river in Chaldea, where the prophet was when he had the vision of the living creatures recorded in the "first" chapter; and hence it is out of doubt that the living creatures and the cherubim are the same.


 
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