Ezekiel 10 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And as I looked, beholde, in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims there appeared vpon them like vnto the similitude of a throne, as it were a saphir 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 spake vnto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in betweene the wheeles, euen vnder the Cherub, and fill thine hands with coales of fire from betweene the Cherubims, and scatter the ouer the citie. 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 Now the Cherubims stood vpon the right side of the house, when the man went in, and the cloude 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 glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherub, and stoode ouer the doore of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightnesse of the Lordes glorie.
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 Cherubims wings was heard into the vtter court, as the voyce of the Almightie God, when he speaketh.
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 when he had commanded the man clothed with linnen, saying, Take fire from betweene the wheeles, and from betweene ye Cherubims, then he went in and stood beside ye wheele.
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 one Cherub stretched forth his hand from betweene the Cherubims vnto the fire, that was betweene the Cherubims, and tooke thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linnen: who tooke 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 there appeared in the Cherubims, the likenesse of a mans hande vnder their wings.
8 The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
9 And when I looked vp, beholde, foure wheeles were beside the Cherubims, one wheele by one Cherub, and another wheele by another Cherub, and the appearance of the wheeles was as the colour of a Chrysolite 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 their appearance (for they were all foure of one facion) was as if one wheele had bene in another wheele.
10 As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.
11 When they went foorth, they went vpon their foure sides, and they returned not as they went: but to the place whither the first went, they went after it, 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 whole bodie, and their rings, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheeles were full of eyes round about, euen in the same foure wheeles.
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 the Cherub cryed to these wheeles in mine hearing, saying, O wheele.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
14 And euery beast had foure faces: the first face was the face of a Cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the thirde the face of a lyon, and the fourth the face of an Egle.
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 Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebar.
15 The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16 And when ye Cherubims went, the wheeles went by them: and when the Cherubims lift vp their wings to mount vp from the earth, the same wheeles also turned not from beside them.
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 the Cherubims stoode, they stood: and when they were lifted vp, they lifted the selues vp also: for the spirit of the beast 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 glorie of the Lord departed from aboue the doore of the house, and stoode vpon the Cherubims.
18 Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
19 And the Cherubims lift vp their wings, and mounted vp from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheeles also were besides them: and euery one stoode at the entrie of the gate of the Lordes House at the East side, and the glorie of the God of Israel was vpon them on hie.
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 beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer Chebar, and I knewe that they were the Cherubims.
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 Euery one had foure faces, and euery one foure wings, and the likenesse of mans hands was vnder their wings.
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 the likenesse of their faces was the selfe same faces, which I sawe by the riuer Chebar, and the appearance of the Cherubims was ye selfe same, and they went euery one straight forwarde.
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 (21)
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
- 14 Revelation 4:7; Ezekiel 10:21; 1 Kings 7:36; 1 Kings 7:29; Ezekiel 1:6–10
- 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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