Ezekiel 10 · Verse 4

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.
Ezekiel 10:4, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:4 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBThe LORD’s glory mounted 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.
ASVAnd the glory of Jehovah mounted 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 Jehovah’s glory.
YLTand become high doth the honour of Jehovah above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court hath been filled with the brightness of the honour of Jehovah.
DARBYAnd the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
BBEAnd the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.
WebsterThen the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshhold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

What does Ezekiel 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The court outside was full of the Lord's brightness, while it was only the cloud that filled the house inside, the scene of idolatries, and therefore of God's displeasure. God's throne was on the threshold. The temple, once filled with brightness, is now darkened with cloud.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The glory of the Lord went up - This is repeated from Eze 9:3. The house was filled with the cloud - This is a fact similar to what occurred frequently at the tabernacle in the wilderness, and in the dedication of the temple by Solomon. What is mentioned here was the Divine shechinah, the symbolical representation of the majesty of God.

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 10:4 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.

וַיָּ֤רָםvai.Ya.romand it roseH7311
כְּבוֹד\־ke.Vod-[the] glory ofH3519
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
הַכְּר֔וּבha.ke.Ruvthe cherubH3742
עַ֖ל'altoH5921
מִפְתַּ֣ןmif.Tan[the] threshold ofH4670
הַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וַיִּמָּלֵ֤אvai.yi.ma.Le'and it was filledH4390
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הֶ֣עָנָ֔ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
וְהֶֽחָצֵר֙ve.he.cha.Tzerand the courtH2691
מָֽלְאָ֔הmal.'Ahit was fullH4390
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נֹ֖גַהּNo.gah[the] brightness ofH5051
כְּב֥וֹדke.Vod[the] glory ofH3519
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:4

  • Ezekiel 1:28

    As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • 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;

  • Revelation 15:8

    And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

  • Exodus 40:35

    And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • Ezekiel 10:18

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

  • 2 Chronicles 5:13-14

    It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

  • Ezekiel 11:22-23

    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. And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  • 1 Kings 8:10-12

    And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

  • Ezekiel 43:5

    So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

  • Numbers 16:19

    And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.

  • Haggai 2:9

    The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the glory.
18; 1:28; 9:3; 11:22,23; Nu 16:19
went up. Heb. was lifted up. and the house.
43:5; Ex 40:35; 1Ki 8:10-12; 2Ch 5:13,14; Hag 2:9; Re 15:8

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 10:5

    And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

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Ezekiel 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la gloria de Jehová se levantó del querubín al umbral de la puerta; y la casa fué llena de la nube, y el atrio se llenó del resplandor de la gloria de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la gloire de l’ Éternel s’éleva de dessus le chérubin, et vint sur le seuil de la maison; et la maison fut remplie de la nuée, et le parvis fut rempli de la splendeur de la gloire de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas hatte sich von dem Cherub auf die Schwelle des Hauses hin erhoben; und das Haus war von der Wolke erfüllt, und der Vorhof war voll von dem Glanze der Herrlichkeit Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et elevata est gloria Domini desuper cherub ad limen domus: et repleta est domus nube, et atrium repletum est splendore gloriæ Domini.