Ezekiel 1:6
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and 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
- but each had four faces and four wings.
- KJV
- And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
- WEB
- Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
- ASV
- And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
- DARBY
- And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
- BLB
- [with] four faces for each one, and four wings for each one unto them.
- ÅB
- og hvert av dem hadde fire ansikter og hvert av dem fire vinger.
- OTB
- Hver hadde fire ansikter og fire vinger.
- B1930
- og hvert av dem hadde fire ansikter og hvert av dem fire vinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 10:14
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:21–22
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:8–11
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextExodus 25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:15
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
Read in context1 Kings 6:24–27
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Read in contextRevelation 4:7–8
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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