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Ezekiel 1:11

God's holiness

9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

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.

12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

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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 it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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  • Ezekiel 1:23

    And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

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  • Ezekiel 10:16

    And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

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  • Ezekiel 10:19

    And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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