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Ezekiel 1:9

God's holiness

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.

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.

11 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.

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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.

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BSB
and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
KJV
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
WEB
Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
ASV
their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
DARBY
their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
BLB
joining each one to her sister; their wings did not turn in their going, [each] man went to straight ahead.
ÅB
Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk; hvert av dem gikk rett fram.
OTB
Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de snudde seg ikke når de beveget seg, hver gikk rett frem.
B1930
Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk; hvert av dem gikk rett frem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 10:22

    And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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  • Ezekiel 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.

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  • Luke 9:62

    And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:11–12

    And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:10

    Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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  • Luke 9:51

    And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

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  • Ezekiel 10:11

    When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

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  • Proverbs 4:25–27

    Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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