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Ezekiel 1:8

God's holiness

6 but each had four faces and four wings.

7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

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.

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BSB
Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
KJV
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
WEB
They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
ASV
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings [thus]:
DARBY
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings:
BLB
And the hands of a man [were] under their wings on four of their sides. And the faces and wings [were] unto the four of them,
ÅB
Og de hadde menneskehender under vingene på alle fire sider, og alle fire hadde ansikter og vinger.
OTB
Under vingene på deres fire sider var det menneskehender. Alle fire hadde ansikter og vinger.
B1930
Og de hadde menneskehender under vingene på alle fire sider, og alle fire hadde ansikter og vinger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Ezekiel 10:21

    Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

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  • Ezekiel 10:18

    Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

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  • Ezekiel 10:11

    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

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  • Ezekiel 8:3

    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

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  • Ezekiel 10:2

    And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

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  • Ezekiel 10:7–8

    Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.

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  • Ezekiel 1:17

    As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

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  • Isaiah 6:6

    Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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