Ezekiel 10 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 10:15

And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
Ezekiel 10:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:15 in other translations

BSBThen the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
WEBThe cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
ASVAnd the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
YLTAnd the cherubs are lifted up, it is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
DARBYAnd the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
BBEAnd the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar.
WebsterAnd the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Kebar.

What does Ezekiel 10:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. The repeated declaration of the identity of the vision with that at the Chebar is to arouse attention to it (Eze 10:22; 3:23). the living creature--used collectively, as in Eze 10:17, 20; 1:20.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 10:8-22

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…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 10:8-22 →

Ezekiel 10:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּvai.ye.Ro.muand they roseH7426
הַכְּרוּבִ֑יםha.ke.ru.Vimthe cherubimH3742
הִ֣יאhi'thatH1931
הַחַיָּ֔הha.chai.Yah[was] the living creatureH2416
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
בִּֽנְהַר\־bin.har-at [the] river ofH5104
כְּבָֽר\׃ke.VarKebarH3529

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:15

  • Ezekiel 1:5

    Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

  • Ezekiel 10:18-20

    Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 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. 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.

  • Ezekiel 11:22

    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.

  • Ezekiel 8:6

    He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

  • Ezekiel 1:3

    The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

  • Ezekiel 43:3

    And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  • Hosea 9:12

    Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

  • Ezekiel 1:13-14

    As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lifted.
18,19; 8:6; 11:22; Ho 9:12
This.
20; 1:5,13,14; 43:3

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Context

  • Ezekiel 10:14

    And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

  • Ezekiel 10:15

    And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

  • Ezekiel 10:16

    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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Ezekiel 10:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantáronse los querubines; este es el animal que vi en el río de Chebar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les chérubins s’élevèrent. C’était là l’animal que j’avais vu près du fleuve Kebar.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Cherubim hoben sich empor. Das war das lebendige Wesen, welches ich am Flusse Kebar gesehen hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et elevata sunt cherubim: ipsum est animal quod videram juxta fluvium Chobar.