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Ezekiel 1:11

God's holiness

9 and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

10 The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

12 Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

13 In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.

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BSB
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
KJV
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
WEB
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
ASV
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
DARBY
And their faces and their wings were parted above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
BLB
And such [were] their faces. And their wings were spread out above each one; unto each one [were] two touching one, and two were covering their bodies.
ÅB
Slik var deres ansikter. Og deres vinger sto ut fra hverandre oventil; hvert av dem hadde to vinger som rørte ved det andre, og to som dekket deres legemer.
OTB
Slik var deres ansikter. Deres vinger var utstrakt oppover; hver hadde to vinger som rørte ved en annen skapning og to som dekket deres kropper.
B1930
Således var deres ansikter. Og deres vinger stod ut fra hverandre oventil; hvert av dem hadde to vinger som rørte ved det andre, og to som dekket deres legemer.

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  • Isaiah 6:2

    Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

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  • Ezekiel 1:23

    And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

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  • Ezekiel 10:16

    When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

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  • Ezekiel 10:19

    As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

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