Context 17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them. 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORDS house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. 20These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. 21Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. 22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionWhen they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Douay-Rheims Bible When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them. Darby Bible Translation When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. English Revised Version When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Young's Literal Translation In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit is in them. Library EzekielTo a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Ezekiel 10:17 NIV • Ezekiel 10:17 NLT • Ezekiel 10:17 ESV • Ezekiel 10:17 NASB • Ezekiel 10:17 KJV • Ezekiel 10:17 Bible Apps • Ezekiel 10:17 Parallel • Bible Hub |