Ezekiel · Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 10 Young's Literal Translation
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1 And I look, and lo, on the expanse that [is] above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.
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 speaketh unto the man clothed with linen, and saith, 'Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.' And he goeth in before mine eyes.
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 are standing on the right side of the house, at the going in of the man, and the cloud hath 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 and become high doth the honour of Jehovah above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court hath been filled with the brightness of the honour of Jehovah.
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 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.
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 cometh to pass, in His commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, 'Take fire from between the wheel, from between the cherubs,' and he goeth in and standeth near the wheel,
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 that the [one] cherub putteth forth his hand from between the cherubs unto the fire that [is] between the cherubs, and lifteth up, and giveth into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receiveth, and cometh forth.
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 appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings,
8 The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
9 and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels [is] as the colour of a beryl 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 As to their appearances, one likeness [is] to them four, as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
10 As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.
11 In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.
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 all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four [are] their 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 To the wheels — to them is one calling in mine ears, 'O wheel!'
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
14 And four faces [are] to each; the face of the one [is] the face of the cherub, and the face of the second the face of man, and of the third the face of a lion, and of the fourth the face of an eagle.
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 are lifted up, it [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
15 The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16 And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being 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 In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit [is] 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 And go forth doth the honour of Jehovah from off the threshold of the house, and standeth over the cherubs,
18 Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
19 and the cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also [are] over-against them, and he standeth at the opening of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the honour of the God of Israel [is] over them from 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 It [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are 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 Four faces [are] to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man [is] under 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 As to the likeness of their faces, they [are] the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.
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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