KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 10:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
It is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 10
17 When they stood, [these] stood; and when they were lifted up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in them.
18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
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.
20 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.
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings.
22 And the likeness of their faces [was] the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 1:1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.Ezekiel 10:15And the cherubims were lifted up. This [is] the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.Ezekiel 1:22-28And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature [was] as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.Ezekiel 3:23Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.Ezekiel 1:5Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.1 Kings 6:29-35And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.1 Kings 7:36For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
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