Ezekiel 10 · Verse 5

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.
Ezekiel 10:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:5 in other translations

BSBThe sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
WEBThe sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
ASVAnd the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh.
YLTAnd a noise of the wings of the cherubs hath been heard unto the outer court, as the voice of God--the Mighty One--in His speaking.
DARBYAnd the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
BBEAnd the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all.
WebsterAnd the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

What does Ezekiel 10:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. sound of ... wings--prognostic of great and awful changes. voice of ... God--the thunder (Psa 29:3, &c.).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 As the voice of the Almighty God - That is, as thunder; for this was called the voice 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 10:5 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.

וְקוֹל֙ve.kOland [the] sound ofH6963
כַּנְפֵ֣יkan.Fei[the] wings ofH3671
הַכְּרוּבִ֔יםha.ke.ru.Vimthe cherubimH3742
נִשְׁמַ֕עnish.Ma'it was heardH8085
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הֶחָצֵ֖רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtH2691
הַחִיצֹנָ֑הha.chi.tzo.Nah<the> outerH2435
כְּק֥וֹלke.Kollike [the] sound ofH6963
אֵל\־'el-GodH410
שַׁדַּ֖יsha.DaiAlmightyH7706
בְּדַבְּרֽוֹ\׃be.da.be.Rowhen speaks heH1696

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:5

  • Ezekiel 1:24

    And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • Job 37:2-5

    Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

  • Exodus 19:19

    And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

  • Exodus 20:18-19

    And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

  • Deuteronomy 4:12-13

    And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

  • 1 Kings 7:9

    All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

  • Psalms 29:3-9

    The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. …

  • Ezekiel 46:21

    Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

  • Revelation 10:3-4

    And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:9

    Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sound.
1:24
outer.
46:21; 1Ki 7:9; 2Ch 4:9
the voice.
Ex 19:16,19; 20:18,19; De 4:12,13; Job 37:2-5; 40:9; Ps 29:3-9
Ps 68:33; 77:17; Joh 12:28,29; Heb 12:18,19; Re 10:3,4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 10:6

    And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

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Ezekiel 10:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el estruendo de las alas de los querubines se oía hasta el atrio de afuera, como la voz del Dios Omnipotente cuando habla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le bruit des ailes des chérubins s’entendit jusqu’au parvis extérieur, comme la voix du ✶Dieu Tout-puissant quand il parle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Rauschen der Flügel der Cherubim wurde bis in den äußeren Vorhof gehört wie die Stimme Gottes des Allmächtigen, wenn er redet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sonitus alarum cherubim audiebatur usque ad atrium exterius, quasi vox Dei omnipotentis loquentis.