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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sound	וְקוֹל֙ ve.kOl	H6963	a voice or sound · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
cherubims’	הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים ha.ke.ru.Vim	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
wings	כַּנְפֵ֣י kan.Fei	H3671	an edge or extremity · noun, common feminine dual construct
heard	נִשְׁמַ֕ע nish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
outer	הַחִיצֹנָ֑ה ha.chi.tzo.Nah	H2435	properly · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
court	הֶחָצֵ֖ר he.cha.Tzer	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
voice	כְּק֥וֹל ke.Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Almighty	שַׁדַּ֖י sha.Dai	H7706	the Almighty · proper noun, a title
God	אֵל 'el-	H410	strength · noun, common masculine singular construct
speaketh	בְּדַבְּרֽוֹ be.da.be.Ro	H1696	perhaps properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

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…
Job 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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 voic…
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 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…
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.
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 un…
Job 37:2-5 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:1-7

To inspire us with a holy awe and dread of God, and to fill us with his fear, we may observe, in this part of the vision which the prophet had, I. The glorious appearance of his majesty. Something of the invisible world is here in the visible, some faint representations of its brightness and beauty, some shadows, but such as are no more to be compared with the truth and substance than a picture with the life; yet here is enough to oblige us all to the utmost reverence in our thoughts of God and approaches to him, if we will but admit the impressions this discovery of him will make. 1. He is here in the firmament above the head of the cherubim, Eze 10:1. He manifests his glory in the upper wo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:5

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

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:5

As the voice of the Almighty God - That is, as thunder; for this was called the voice of God.

John Gill on Ezekiel 10:5

And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even to the outer court,.... Or outward court. The sound of the Gospel, which is a joyful sound; a sound of love, grace, and mercy; of life, liberty, peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ; the sound of this in the swift ministry of the apostles, signified by the "cherubim's wings", went into all the earth, and throughout the whole Gentile world; by which many souls were quickened and enlightened; many churches were formed; and the glory of the Lord, being revealed, was seen by all flesh; and the whole world was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory, as it will be again, and more abundantly, in the latter day: and this s…

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John Calvin

The Church Fathers

The prophet Ezekiel clearly declares that "cherubim" is the name of the angelic powers that he describes as having appeared to him with wings, according to the pattern in which they are ordered to be deployed here.
— Bede, On the Tabernacle 1:5.25:18-21

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Dictionary and topics

Cherubim · Sound of their wings was as the voice of God — Sound of their wings was as the voice of God
Voice · OF GO — OF GO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 10:5

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 10:5

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 10:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 10:3-22

Rashi on Ezekiel 10:5