Ezekiel 10:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 10:5

3 Now the cherubim were standing on the¹ south side of the temple when the man went in, and the ^acloud filled the inner court.

4 ^aThen the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the¹ temple; and ^bthe house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s ^cglory.

5 And the ^asound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like ^bthe voice of Almighty God when He speaks.

6 Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels.

7 And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out.

8 ^aThe cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

9 ^aAnd when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a ^bberyl stone.

10 As for their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

11 ^aWhen they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went.

12 And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were ^afull of eyes all around.

13 As for the wheels, they were called in my¹ hearing, “Wheel.”

14 ^aEach one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This was ^athe living creature I saw by the River Chebar.

16 ^aWhen the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.

17 ^aWhen¹ the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when² one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

18 Then ^athe glory of the Lord ^bdeparted from the threshold of the¹ temple and stood over the cherubim.

19 And ^athe cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the ^beast gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20 ^aThis is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel ^bby the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.

21 ^aEach one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

22 And ^athe likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. ^bThey each went straight forward.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 10:5

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American Standard Version
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh.

Amplified® Bible
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

Contemporary English Version
The sound of the creatures' wings was as loud as the voice of God All-Powerful and could even be heard in the outer courtyard.

Darby English Version
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty ùGod when he speaketh.

Good News Bible
The noise made by the creatures' wings was heard even in the outer courtyard. It sounded like the voice of Almighty God.

King James Version
And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

New International Version
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

New King James Version
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim we could hear as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

Revised Standard Version
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

Young's Literal Translation
And a noise of the wings of the cherubs hath been heard unto the outer court, as the voice of God -- the Mighty One -- in His speaking.

New English Translation
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God¹ when he speaks.

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