Ezekiel 10:16
in Ezekiel 10When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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 turned not from beside them.
KJV
And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 10
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Vers. 15 seqq.) It is a creature that I saw beside the river Chobar. And when the Cherubim walked, the wheels also went beside them. And when the Cherubim lifted their wings to be lifted up from the ground, the wheels did not resist, but were also beside them. When they stood, they stood, and when they were lifted up, they were lifted up. For the spirit of life was in them. All things live to God and feel their Creator. For God is not the God of the dead but of the living (Matthew 22:32).
This site's exposition
four faces
on Ezekiel 10:14-17
Each cherub has four faces, “that of a cherub,” the set of Ezekiel 1:10 except that the ox is here named the cherub. The wheels rise and stand with the cherubim, “for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.” Wheel and creature obey one spirit.
This site's exposition
the wheels moved beside them
The wheels move with the cherubim and stay at their side as the cherubim spread their wings and lift off. Albert Barnes reads every part as moved by one will, so that the whole acts as one living thing. They rise from the ground together.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
4 Then the glory of the L ORD went 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 the L ORD 's glory. 5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
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), and yet in one thing there seems to be a material difference, that that which was there was the face of an ox, and was on the left side ( ch. i. 10 ), is here the face of a cherub, and is the first face (
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And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them,.... Ministers being guides to the churches in doctrine, worship, devotion, and conversation; See Gill on Eze 1:19; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them; ministers and churches go together; if the one remove, the other do also; they cannot long subsist without each other; and, generally speaking, as are the light, knowledge, zeal, affection, and devotion of the one, such are those of the other; See Gill on Eze 1:19.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
are a repetition of the general description of the nature and connection of the various parts of the vision, and this is the more appropriate as showing why they were regarded as “one living creature” Eze 10:15. The attributes here assigned to them show that they were pervaded by one will - “the spirit of the living creature” (others, as in the margin, “the spirit of life”) “was in them.”
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Eze 1:19). lifted up . . . wings--to depart, following "the glory of the Lord" which was on the point of departing (Eze 10:18).
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙ | uvelekhet | and when moved | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים | hakeruvim | the cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| יֵלְכ֥וּ | yelekhu | they moved | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים | haofanim | the wheels | H212 → | 35 times |
| אֶצְלָ֑ם | ʾetzlam | beside them | H681 → | 61 times |
| וּבִשְׂאֵ֨ת | uviset | and when lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים | hakeruvim | the cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כַּנְפֵיהֶ֗ם | kanfeihem | wings their | H3671 → | 109 times |
| לָרוּם֙ | larum | to rise | H7311 → | 190 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִסַּ֧בּוּ | yisabu | they turned | H5437 → | 161 times |
| הָאוֹפַנִּ֛ים | haofanim | the wheels | H212 → | 35 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הֵ֖ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מֵאֶצְלָֽם׃ | meetzlam | from beside them | H681 → | 61 times |
וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙and when moved
uvelekhetH1980 →1546 times
הַכְּרוּבִ֔יםthe cherubim
hakeruvimH3742 →91 times
יֵלְכ֥וּthey moved
yelekhuH1980 →1546 times
הָאוֹפַנִּ֖יםthe wheels
haofanimH212 →35 times
אֶצְלָ֑םbeside them
ʾetzlamH681 →61 times
וּבִשְׂאֵ֨תand when lifted up
uvisetH5375 →656 times
הַכְּרוּבִ֜יםthe cherubim
hakeruvimH3742 →91 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כַּנְפֵיהֶ֗םwings their
kanfeihemH3671 →109 times
לָרוּם֙to rise
larumH7311 →190 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִסַּ֧בּוּthey turned
yisabuH5437 →161 times
הָאוֹפַנִּ֛יםthe wheels
haofanimH212 →35 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הֵ֖םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
מֵאֶצְלָֽם׃from beside them
meetzlamH681 →61 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
