2 Samuel 22:11
Good News Translation
He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled 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.

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.

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Genesis 3:24 And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Exodus 25:19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.

1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Silo, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, sitting upon the cherubims: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark of the covenant of God.

Psalm 18:10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 68:17 The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.

Psalm 80:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Psalm 99:1 A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

Ezekiel 9:3 And the glory of the Lord of Israel went up from the cherub, upon which he was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man that was clothed with linen, and had a writer's inkhorn at his loins.

Ezekiel 10:2-14 And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight: . . .

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

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Psalm 104:3 Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

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

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
10He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.12He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:2
And David arose and went, with all the people that were with him of the men of Juda to fetch the ark of God, upon which the name of the Lord of Hosts is invoked, who sitteth over it upon the cherubims.

Psalm 18:10
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 104:3
Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

2 Samuel 22:10
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