Ezekiel 10:20

Ezekiel 10:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
• New International Version (NIV)These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.

Context of Ezekiel 10:20

18Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the entrance of the temple. It stopped at a place above the cherubs. 19Then the cherubs lifted up their wings and they rose up from the ground. The wheels also moved with them. I watched them do this. They stopped by the east gate of the Lord's temple. The glory of Israel's God stayed above them. They were the same living things that I had seen beside the Kebar River when they were under Israel's God. I realized that they were cherubs. 21Each of them had four faces and four wings. They had something with the shape of human hands under their wings. 22They had the same four faces that I had seen beside the River Kebar. Each of them moved forward and they did not turn.

Ezekiel 10:20 word by word

הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֛יתִי תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּֽנְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר וָאֵדַ֕ע כִּ֥י כְרוּבִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the living creatureחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• that I sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• under the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• by the riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• of Chebarכְּבָרkebâr · ChebarH3529
• and I knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the cherubimsכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742

Cross-references for Ezekiel 10:20

• Ezekiel 10:15The cherubs rose up into the air. They were the same as the living things that I had seen beside the River Kebar.
• Ezekiel 1:22I saw something over the heads of the living things. It looked like a high roof that shone brightly like ice.
• Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and I went out to the valley. I saw the glory of the Lord in that place. It was like the glory that I had seen beside the Kebar river. I bent down low, with my face to the ground.
• Ezekiel 1:1It was the 30th year. God spoke to me on the fifth day of the fourth month. I was among the prisoners from Judah at the side of the Kebar river. At that time the skies opened and I saw visions from God.
• 1 Kings 6:29Solomon's workers cut pictures in the wood on the walls of the big hall and the inside room. They were pictures of cherubs, palm trees and flowers.
• 1 Kings 7:36Hiram cut pictures of cherubs, lions and palm trees on the sides of each cart and on the handles. He cut pictures where there was a space for them. There were also shapes of leaves all around.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 10:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20And I knew that they were the cherubims - This formation of the plural is quite improper. In general, Hebrew nouns of the masculine gender end in ים im, in the plural; the s, therefore, should never be added to such. Cherub is singular; cherubim is plural. The s should be uniformly expunged. I have already referred to the end of this chapter for farther information relative to this glorious chariot of Jehovah; but I must say that I have met with nothing…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20In this departure of the glory of the Lord from the temple, the seer recognizes for the first time the full meaning of the vision which he had seen on the banks of Chebar Ezekiel 1. What he had seen there (did indeed imply that Yahweh had forsaken His house; but now this is made clear. The Glory has left the holy of holies, has appeared in the court, has been enthroned on the Living Four, and with them has departed from the temple. It is now clear that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart, would return to them, if they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22From this point on, the city was doomed. God had shown his powerful and fearsome glory in the opening chapter of Ezekiel. Now that same God had left the city. Without his presence, Jerusalem no longer had protection or hope. Judgment would surely come.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. I knew ... cherubim--By the second sight of the cherubim, he learned to identify them with the angelic forms situated above the ark of the covenant in the temple, which as a priest, he "knew" about from the high priest.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• Israel
• Euphrates River, the River
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Living Creature
• Chebar
• Cherub
• Living creatures

Commentaries on Ezekiel 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings