Ezekiel 3 · Verse 13

Ezekiel 3:13

I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Ezekiel 3:13, King James Version

Ezekiel 3:13 in other translations

BSBIt was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
WEBI heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
ASVAnd I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
YLTeven a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.
DARBY— and the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great rushing.
BBEAnd there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
WebsterI heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and the noise of a great rushing.

What does Ezekiel 3:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. touched--literally, "kissed," that is, closely embraced. noise of a great rushing--typical of great disasters impending over the Jews.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 A great rushing - All the living creatures and the wheels being then in motion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 3:12-21

This mission made the holy angels rejoice. All this was to convince Ezekiel, that the God who sent him had power to bear him out in his work. He was overwhelmed with grief for the sins and miseries of his people, and overpowered by the glory of the vision he had seen. And however retirement, meditation, and communion with God may be sweet, the servant of the Lord must prepare to serve his generation. The Lord told…

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Ezekiel 3:13 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.

וְק֣וֹל\׀ve.Koland [the] sound ofH6963
כַּנְפֵ֣יkan.Fei[the] wings ofH3671
הַחַיּ֗וֹתha.chai.Yotthe living creaturesH2416
מַשִּׁיקוֹת֙ma.shi.kOttouching closelyH5401
אִשָּׁ֣ה'i.ShaheachH802
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ'a.cho.Tahsister itsH269
וְק֥וֹלve.Koland [the] sound ofH6963
הָאוֹפַנִּ֖יםha.'o.fa.Nimthe wheelsH212
לְעֻמָּתָ֑םle.'u.ma.Tam<to> close by themH5980
וְק֖וֹלve.Koland a sound ofH6963
רַ֥עַשׁRa.'ashrumblingH7494
גָּדֽוֹל\׃ga.DolgreatH1419

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 3:13

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 10:16-17

    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. When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

  • 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 1:15

    Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

  • 2 Samuel 5:24

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the noise.
1:24; 10:5; 2Sa 5:24
touched. Heb. kissed. and the noise.
10:16,17

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 3:12

    Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

  • Ezekiel 3:13

    I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.

  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

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Ezekiel 3:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oí también el sonido de las alas de los animales que se juntaban la una con la otra, y el sonido de las ruedas delante de ellos, y sonido de grande estruendo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le bruit des ailes des animaux qui s’entre-touchaient l’une l’autre, et le bruit des roues auprès d’eux, et le bruit d’une grande commotion.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und das Rauschen der Flügel der lebendigen Wesen, welche einander berührten, und das Sausen der Räder neben ihnen und den Schall eines starken Getöses.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et vocem alarum animalium percutientium alteram ad alteram, et vocem rotarum sequentium animalia, et vocem commotionis magnæ.