Ezekiel 11:22
New International Version
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

New Living Translation
Then the cherubim lifted their wings and rose into the air with their wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

English Standard Version
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

King James Bible
Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

New King James Version
So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them.

New American Standard Bible
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

NASB 1995
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

NASB 1977
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Amplified Bible
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the [Shekinah] glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

American Standard Version
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Cherubim lifted up their wings and the wheels with them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then the cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Contemporary English Version
After the LORD had finished speaking, the winged creatures spread their wings and flew into the air, and the wheels were beside them. The brightness of the LORD's glory above them

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

English Revised Version
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the angels raised their wings, with the wheels beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Good News Translation
The living creatures began to fly, and the wheels went with them. The dazzling light of the presence of the God of Israel was over them.

International Standard Version
Then the cherubim arose, with their wheels alongside, and the glory of Israel's God remained above and over them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Literal Standard Version
And the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels [are] alongside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [is] over them above.

Majority Standard Bible
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

New American Bible
Then the cherubim lifted their wings and the wheels alongside them, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

NET Bible
Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

New Heart English Bible
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the cherubim raised their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

World English Bible
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Young's Literal Translation
And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels are over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel is over them above.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
God's Glory Leaves Jerusalem
22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 23And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 1:28
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 9:3
Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

Ezekiel 10:19
As 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.

Ezekiel 43:2
and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.


Treasury of Scripture

Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Ezekiel 1:19,20
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up…

Ezekiel 10:19
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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Ezekiel 11
1. The presumption of the princes
4. Their sin and judgment
13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant
22. The glory of God leaves the city
24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity














(22) And the wheels beside them.--These are the wheels described as with the cherubim, and animated in their movements by one common impulse with them and, as all along, the Divine glory was above.

Verses 22, 23. - Another stage of the departure of the Divine glory closes the vision. It had rested over the middle of the city. It now halts over the mountain on the east side of the city, i.e. on the Mount of Olives (2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4). Currey mentions, but without a reference, a Jewish tradition that the Shechinah, or glory cloud, remained there for three years, calling the people to repentance. What is here recorded may trove suggested the thought of Zechariah 14:4. We may remember that it was from this spot that Christ "beheld the city, and wept over it" (Luke 19:41); that from it He, the true Shechinah, ascended into heaven. Here, perhaps, the dominant thought was that it remained for a time to direct the work of judgment. And so the vision was over, and the prophet was borne back in vision to Chaldea, and made known to the exiles of Tel-Abib the wonderful and terrible things tidal he had seem



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the cherubim,
הַכְּרוּבִים֙ (hak·kə·rū·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

with the wheels
וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים (wə·hā·’ō·w·p̄an·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 212: A wheel

beside them,
לְעֻמָּתָ֑ם (lə·‘um·mā·ṯām)
Preposition-l | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5980: Society, near, beside, along with

spread
וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their wings,
כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם (kan·p̄ê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

and the glory
וּכְב֧וֹד (ū·ḵə·ḇō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

of the God
אֱלֹהֵֽי־ (’ĕ·lō·hê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

was above
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

them.
מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ (mil·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top


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