Ezekiel · Brenton's English Septuagint
Ezekiel 10 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.
1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2 And he said to the man clothed with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill thine hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in in my sight.
2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” He went in as I watched.
3 And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
4 Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.
5 And the sound of the cherubs' wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.
5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
6 And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels.
6 It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside a wheel.
7 And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [it], and went out.
7 The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8 And I saw the cherubs [having] the likeness of men's hands under their wings.
8 The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
9 And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
9 I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
10 And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
10 As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.
11 When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went.
11 When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.
12 And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels.
12 Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.
13 And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”. 14 Every one of them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
15 The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16 And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
17 When they stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.
17 When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
18 Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
19 And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.
19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
20 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.
20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21 Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands.
21 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
22 And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward.
22 As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 24:10; Revelation 4:2–3; Ezekiel 1:22–26; Revelation 1:13; Ezekiel 10:20
- 2 Revelation 8:5; Ezekiel 1:13; Ezekiel 10:16; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 6:6–7
- 3 Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 43:4; Ezekiel 8:16
- 4 Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 9:3; Revelation 15:8; Exodus 40:35; Ezekiel 10:18
- 5 Ezekiel 1:24; Job 40:9; Job 37:2–5; Exodus 19:19; Exodus 19:16
- 6 Ezekiel 10:2; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 80:1
- 7 Ezekiel 10:6; Matthew 24:34–35; Ezekiel 41:23–26; Ezekiel 1:13; Matthew 13:41–42
- 8 Ezekiel 1:8; Ezekiel 10:21; Isaiah 6:6
- 9 Revelation 21:20; Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 1:15–17
- 10 Ezekiel 1:16; Romans 11:33; Psalm 104:24; Psalm 36:6; Psalm 97:2
- 11 Ezekiel 1:17; Ezekiel 10:22; Ezekiel 1:20; Matthew 8:8–10
- 12 Ezekiel 1:18; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 4:6
- 15 Ezekiel 1:5; Ezekiel 10:18–20; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 1:3
- 16 Ezekiel 1:19–21
- 17 Ezekiel 1:20–21; Romans 8:2; Genesis 2:7; Revelation 11:11; Ezekiel 1:12
- 18 Psalm 18:10; Matthew 23:37–39; Psalm 78:60–61; Jeremiah 7:12–14; Genesis 3:24
- 19 Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 43:4; Ezekiel 1:26–28; Ezekiel 11:22–23
- 20 Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 10:15; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 1:22–28; 1 Kings 7:36
- 21 Ezekiel 10:14; Ezekiel 1:6; Ezekiel 41:18–19; Ezekiel 1:8–10; Revelation 4:7
- 22 Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:11; Hosea 14:9; Ezekiel 1:12
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