2 Samuel 22:11

World English Bible (2000)

He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:3 : 3 He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 139:9 : 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  • Ezek 9:3 : 3 The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side.
  • Ezek 10:2-9 : 2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched. 3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 The glory of Yahweh 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 Yahweh's glory. 5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. 6 It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel. 7 The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took [of it], and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings. 9 I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone. 10 As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel. 11 When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn't turn as they went. 12 Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, [even] the wheels that the four of them had. 13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling [wheels]. 14 Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
  • Gen 3:24 : 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Exod 25:19 : 19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
  • 1 Sam 4:4 : 4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  • Ps 18:10 : 10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
  • Ps 99:1 : 1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

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  • Ps 18:9-12
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    9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

    10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

    11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:10
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    10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:12-14
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    12 He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

    13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

    14 Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

  • Ps 104:3-4
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    3 He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

    4 He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.

  • Ezek 11:22
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    22 Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Ezek 1:21-26
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    21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

    22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.

    23 Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

    24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

    25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

    26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

  • Ezek 10:1-6
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    1 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.

    2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

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

    4 The glory of Yahweh 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 Yahweh's glory.

    5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

    6 It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

  • Ezek 10:15-20
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    74%

    15 The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

    16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn't turn from beside them.

    17 When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

    18 The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

    19 The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

    20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

  • Ezek 10:8
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    8 There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

  • 2 Chr 3:11
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    11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

  • 2 Chr 3:13
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    13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

  • Job 22:14
    72%

    14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

  • Ps 68:33
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    33 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

  • Jer 4:13
    71%

    13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.

  • Isa 6:2
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    2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

  • Ps 139:9
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    9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • Ps 78:26
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    26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

  • Ezek 1:11
    71%

    11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.

  • Exod 37:9
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    9 The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

  • 1 Kgs 8:7
    70%

    7 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

  • Job 26:9
    70%

    9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:27
    70%

    27 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

  • Ezek 3:13
    70%

    13 [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.

  • Ezek 1:19
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    19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

  • Ezek 1:8
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    8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings [thus]:

  • Deut 32:11
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    11 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.

  • Exod 25:20
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    20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

  • Rev 10:1
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    1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

  • 1 Kgs 6:24
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    24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.