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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 10:15

(They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air

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.
Contemporary English Version
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.
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.
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 saw that each creature had what looked like a human hand under each of its wings. 9I also saw that there were four wheels, all alike, one beside each creature. The wheels shone like precious stones, and each one had another wheel which intersected it at right angles. 11 When the creatures moved, they could go in any direction without turning. They all moved together in the direction they wanted to go, without having to turn around. 12 Their bodies, backs, hands, wings, and wheels were covered with eyes. 13 I heard a voice calling out, "Whirling wheels." 14 Each creature had four faces. The first was the face of a bull, the second a human face, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 (They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air 16 and moved, the wheels went with them. Whenever they spread their wings to fly, the wheels still went with them. 17 When the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; and when the creatures flew, the wheels went with them, because the creatures controlled them. 18 Then the dazzling light of the Lord 's presence left the entrance of the Temple and moved to a place above the creatures.

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
The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Genesis 10:3
The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:8
Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Genesis 10:18
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out,
Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
Genesis 10:21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.
Genesis 10:24
Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
Genesis 23:3
He left the place where his wife's body was lying, went to the Hittites, and said,
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.

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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