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God’s Glory Exits the Temple

Ezekiel 10:20

In 11 translations

BSB
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
KJV
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
WEB
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
ASV
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
LSV
It [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubim.
YLT
It [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.
DBY
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.Elohim
DRC
This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.
GNV
This is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer Chebar, and I knewe that they were the Cherubims.
JPS
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
LXXE
This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֛יתִי תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּֽנְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר וָאֵדַ֕ע כִּ֥י כְרוּבִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃
LXX-Br
Τοῦτο τὸ ζῶόν ἐστιν ὃ ἴδον ὑποκάτω Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Χοβὰρ, καὶ ἔγνων ὅτι χερουβίμ ἐστι.

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👤 God📍 Chebar◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 1:1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
  • Ezekiel 10:15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
  • 1 Kings 6:29–35Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner…
  • Ezekiel 1:22–28Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal. And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings…
  • Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
  • Ezekiel 1:5and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,
  • 1 Kings 7:36He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

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