Ezekiel 10:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the sky above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them what looked like a sapphire stone, resembling a throne.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And as I loked, beholde, In the firmament that was aboue the Cherubins there apeared the similitude of a stole of Saphir vpo them:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And as I looked, beholde, in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims there appeared vpon them like vnto the similitude of a throne, as it were a saphir stone.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as I loked, beholde in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims, as it were a Saphir stone made lyke the similitude of a throne, was seene ouer them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I look, and lo, on the expanse that `is' above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    God’s Glory Leaves the Temple As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 24:10 : 10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.
  • Rev 4:2-3 : 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne. 3 The one seated there had an appearance like jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
  • Gen 18:17 : 17 Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
  • Gen 18:31 : 31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.'
  • Gen 32:24 : 24 After he had sent them across the stream, he also sent over all his possessions.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.
  • Josh 5:13-15 : 13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" 14 He replied, "Neither," he said. "I am the commander of the LORD’s army. Now I have come." Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence and asked, "What message does my Lord have for His servant?" 15 The commander of the LORD’s army replied, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
  • Josh 6:2 : 2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'See, I have delivered Jericho, its king, and its mighty warriors into your hands.'
  • Ps 18:10 : 10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet.
  • Ps 68:17-18 : 17 Why do you gaze with envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain God has chosen for His dwelling? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever. 18 The chariots of God are tens of thousands, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness.
  • Isa 21:8-9 : 8 Then he called out, 'Lion! My Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day, and I stay at my guard post through all the nights.' 9 And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'
  • Jer 13:6 : 6 After many days, the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and retrieve the waistband from the place where I hid it."
  • Jer 13:8 : 8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  • Jer 13:18-22 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’ 19 The cities of the Negev are shut tight, with no one to open them. All Judah has been carried into exile—completely taken away. 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care? 21 What will you say when He appoints leaders over you, those you taught to be rulers? Will not pain seize you like a woman in labor? 22 If you ask yourself, ‘Why has this happened to me?’ it is because of your many sins. Your skirts have been torn off, and your heels have been exposed.
  • Ezek 1:22-26 : 22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 Under the expanse, their wings were spread out straight, one toward another, and each creature had two wings covering its body on one side and two wings covering its body on the other side. 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered. 26 Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it.
  • Ezek 10:20 : 20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.
  • Ezek 11:22 : 22 Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
  • Hab 2:1 : 1 I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.
  • Eph 1:20 : 20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 He is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels, authorities, and powers subjected to Him.
  • Rev 1:13 : 13 And among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a golden sash wrapped around His chest.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 1:25-28
    4 verses
    89%

    25A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

    26Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it.

    27I saw something like a gleaming metal, as if it were glowing amber, with a fiery appearance all around it. From what appeared to be his waist upward, and from his waist downward, I saw an appearance like fire and a brilliant radiance surrounding him.

    28Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell face down and heard the voice of one speaking.

  • Ezek 10:2-10
    9 verses
    84%

    2And He said to the man clothed in linen, 'Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.' And he went in as I watched.

    3The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.

    4Then the glory of the Lord rose up from above the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory.

    5The 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.

    6When He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, 'Take fire from within the wheels, from among the cherubim,' the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

    7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them, took some, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

    8Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen something like the form of a human hand.

    9I looked, and I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a beryl stone.

    10All four wheels looked alike in their appearance, resembling a wheel within a wheel.

  • Ezek 1:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose from the ground, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

    22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

  • Ezek 10:12-20
    9 verses
    79%

    12Their entire bodies, backs, hands, wings, and the wheels were completely covered with eyes all around—the wheels belonged to all four of them.

    13I heard the wheels being called 'whirling wheels' in my hearing.

    14Each cherub had four faces: one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

    15The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River.

    16When the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not turn away but stayed close to them.

    17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

    18Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the ground, with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

    20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.

  • Rev 4:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne.

    3The one seated there had an appearance like jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

  • Ezek 11:22
    78%

    22Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

  • Ezek 8:2
    78%

    2I looked, and there was a form with the appearance of fire. From what looked like his waist downward was fire, and from his waist upward was something like a glowing brightness, resembling gleaming metal.

  • Ezek 1:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4I looked, and there was a stormy wind coming from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire inside it and a bright light surrounding it. From within the fire there was something that gleamed like amber.

    5From its center came the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had a human-like form.

  • Ezek 1:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15As I looked at the living creatures, I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four living creatures.

    16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the gleam of beryl, and all four looked alike. Their appearance and structure were as if a wheel were within a wheel.

  • Exod 24:10
    76%

    10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

  • Dan 10:5
    75%

    5I looked up, and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of the finest gold from Uphaz around his waist.

  • Ezek 8:4
    75%

    4And there was the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision that I had seen in the valley.

  • Rev 4:6
    75%

    6Before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the middle of the throne and around it were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

  • Rev 10:1
    75%

    1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

  • Ezek 1:13
    75%

    13The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the living creatures. It was radiant, and lightning flashed out of it.

  • Exod 37:9
    74%

    9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces were turned toward one another, looking toward the mercy seat.

  • Ezek 9:3
    74%

    3Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherub, on which it had rested, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And he called to the man dressed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist.

  • Exod 25:20
    74%

    20The cherubim shall have their wings outstretched upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces shall be toward each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

  • 2 Sam 22:11
    73%

    11He rode on a cherub and flew; he appeared on the wings of the wind.

  • Dan 7:9
    73%

    9I continued watching until thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, and its wheels were burning fire.

  • Ezek 1:19
    73%

    19When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

  • Ezek 28:14
    73%

    14You were an anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on the holy mountain of God. You walked among the stones of fire.

  • Ezek 1:10
    73%

    10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a human, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left side the face of an ox, and each also had the face of an eagle.

  • 2 Chr 3:13
    72%

    13The wings of these cherubim were spread out twenty cubits in total. They stood on their feet, and their faces were turned inward toward the house.

  • 2 Chr 3:10
    72%

    10He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.