Ezekiel 10 · Verse 3

Ezekiel 10:3

Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Ezekiel 10:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:3 in other translations

BSBNow when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
WEBNow the cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
ASVNow the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
YLTAnd the cherubs are standing on the right side of the house, at the going in of the man, and the cloud hath filled the inner court,
DARBYAnd the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
BBENow the winged ones were stationed on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the inner square was full of the cloud.
WebsterNow the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

What does Ezekiel 10:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. right ... of ... house--The scene of the locality whence judgment emanates is the temple, to mark God's vindication of His holiness injured there. The cherubim here are not those in the holy of holies, for the latter had not "wheels." They stood on "the right of the house," that is, the south, for the Chaldean power, guided by them, had already advanced from the north (the direction of Babylon), and had destroyed the men in the temple, and was now proceeding to destroy the city, which lay south and west. the cherubim ... the man--There was perfect concert of action between the cherubic representative of the angels and "the Man," to minister to whom they "stood" there (Eze 10:7). cloud--emblem of God's displeasure; as the "glory" or "brightness" (Eze 10:4) typifies His majesty and clearness in judgment.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 On the right side of the house - The right hand always marked the south among the Hebrews.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 10:1-7

A vision of the burning of the city. (Ezek 10:1-7) The Divine glory departing from the temple. (Ezek 10:8-22) Verses 1-7 The fire being taken from between the wheels, under the cherubim, Ezek 1:13, seems to have signified the wrath of God to be executed upon Jerusalem. It intimated that the fire of Divine wrath, which kindles judgment upon a people, is just and holy; and in the great day, the earth, and all the…

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Ezekiel 10:3 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַכְּרֻבִ֗יםve.ha.ke.ru.Vimand the cherubimH3742
עֹֽמְדִ֛ים'o.me.Dim[were] standingH5975
מִימִ֥יןmi.Minfrom [the] southH3225
לַבַּ֖יִתla.Ba.yitof the houseH1004
בְּבֹא֣וֹbe.vo.'Owhen went heH935
הָאִ֑ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
וְהֶעָנָ֣ןve.he.'a.Nanand the cloudH6051
מָלֵ֔אma.Le'it filledH4390
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הֶחָצֵ֖רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtH2691
הַפְּנִימִֽית\׃ha.pe.ni.Mit<the> innerH6442

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:3

  • Ezekiel 9:3

    And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

  • Ezekiel 43:4

    And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

  • Ezekiel 8:16

    And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

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3; 9:3; 43:4

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Context

  • Ezekiel 10:2

    And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

  • Ezekiel 10:3

    Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

  • Ezekiel 10:4

    Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

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Ezekiel 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los querubines estaban á la mano derecha de la casa cuando este varón entró; y la nube henchía el atrio de adentro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les chérubins se tenaient à droite de la maison lorsque l’homme entra, et la nuée remplissait le parvis intérieur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Cherubim aber standen zur rechten Seite des Hauses, als der Mann hineinging; und die Wolke erfüllte den inneren Vorhof.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cherubim autem stabant a dextris domus cum ingrederetur vir, et nubes implevit atrium interius.