King James Version
Psalms 18:10 in the King James Version says “And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.”
Psalms 18:10 · KJV
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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“And he rode”
H7392to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and did fly”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
“of the wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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