Ezekiel 10:20 “These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel b…”

Ezekiel 10:20

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

American Standard Version

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

Geneva Bible 1599

This is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer Chebar, and I knewe that they were the Cherubims.

Darby Translation

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

Young's Literal Translation

It [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.

Bible in Basic English

This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.

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Cross references

“the living”

Ezekiel 10:15 Ezekiel 1:22–28 Ezekiel 3:23

Ezekiel 10:15 · BSB

Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

Ezekiel 1:22–28 · BSB

Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.

Ezekiel 3:23 · BSB

So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

“the river”

Ezekiel 1:1

Ezekiel 1:1 · BSB

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

“and I”

1 Kings 6:29–35 1 Kings 7:36

1 Kings 6:29–35 · BSB

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

1 Kings 7:36 · BSB

He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

Also

Ezekiel 1:5

Ezekiel 1:5 · BSB

and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

21Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

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