2 Samuel 22:11
New International Version
He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

New Living Translation
Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

English Standard Version
He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.

Berean Standard Bible
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

King James Bible
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

New King James Version
He rode upon a cherub, and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

New American Standard Bible
“He rode on a cherub and flew; He appeared on the wings of the wind.

NASB 1995
“And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind.

NASB 1977
“And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind.

Legacy Standard Bible
He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared upon the wings of the wind.

Amplified Bible
“He rode on a cherub and flew; He appeared upon the wings of the wind.

Christian Standard Bible
He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

American Standard Version
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He rode upon Cherubim and he flew and he flew high on the wings of the wind

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Contemporary English Version
You rode on the backs of flying creatures. You appeared with the wind as wings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.

English Revised Version
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He rode on one of the angels as he flew, and he soared on the wings of the wind.

Good News Translation
He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

International Standard Version
He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

JPS Tanakh 1917
And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Literal Standard Version
And He rides on a cherub and flies, | And is seen on the wings of the wind.

Majority Standard Bible
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

New American Bible
Mounted on a cherub he flew, borne along on the wings of the wind.

NET Bible
He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

New Revised Standard Version
He rode on a cherub, and flew; he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

New Heart English Bible
He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he glided on the wings of the wind.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.

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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
10He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. 11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 6:2
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name--the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

Psalm 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 104:3
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.


Treasury of Scripture

And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen on the wings of the wind.

a cherub

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Exodus 25:19
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

upon the

Psalm 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Psalm 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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2 Samuel 22
1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings














(11) He was seen.--Psalms 18, "he did fly." The two words are exceedingly alike in the Hebrew, and either could easily be mistaken for the other. The form in the psalm is far more poetical.

Verses 11-13. -

"And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
And he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And he made darkness booths round about him;
Gathering of waters, thickenings of clouds.
Out of the brightness before him
Coals of fire burned."
In 2 Samuel 6:2 Jehovah is described as sitting upon the cherubim; his presence there, called by the rabbins his Shechinah, that is, dwelling, being indicated by a cloud of light. In this psalm the cherub is his chariot, on which he rides forth to judgment. He was seen. There can be little doubt that the right reading is preserved in Psalm 18:10, where we find a verb signifying the swooping down of a bird of prey upon its quarry (Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40). The two words differ only in the substitution of r for d, and these letters are so similar in Hebrew that they are constantly interchanged. Booths; made of branches of trees, and forming a temporary abode. So the dark storm clouds are gathered round the Almighty to veil his awful form from sight as he goes forth for judgment. Gathering of waters; probably the right reading, instead of which in the psalm we find "dark waters." The gathering of waters would describe the massing of the rain clouds. The difference here also consists only in one letter. Out of the brightness, which closely surrounds the Deity in the midst of the black mass of the tempest, the lightning flashes forth. This brightness is the Shechinah (see above), to which St. Paul also refers where he says that God's dwelling is in "the unapproachable light" (1 Timothy 6:16).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He mounted
וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב (way·yir·kaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

a cherub
כְּר֖וּב (kə·rūḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

and flew;
וַיָּעֹ֑ף (way·yā·‘ōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

He soared
וַיֵּרָ֖א (way·yê·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the wings
כַּנְפֵי־ (kan·p̄ê-)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


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