Ezekiel 1:23
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
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.
24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And under the expanse 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.
- BLB
- And under the firmament their wings [were] straight, each one toward its sister; for each one [were] two [as] a covering for them, and for each one [were] two covering for them their body.
- ÅB
- Og under hvelvingen sto deres vinger rett ut, så de rørte ved hverandre; hvert av dem hadde på begge sider to vinger som dekket deres legemer.
- OTB
- Under hvelvingen var deres vinger utstrakt rett, den ene mot den andre; hver hadde to vinger som dekket kroppen.
- B1930
- Og under hvelvingen stod deres vinger rett ut, så de rørte ved hverandre; hvert av dem hadde på begge sider to vinger som dekket deres legemer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:24
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Read in contextJob 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Read in contextEzekiel 1:11–12
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.
Read in contextLuke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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