Ezekiel 10:21
19 As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
22 Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
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
- Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
- KJV
- Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- WEB
- Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- ASV
- Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- DARBY
- Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- BLB
- Four—four faces [were] unto each one, and four wings unto each one, and the likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings.
- ÅB
- Hvert av dem hadde fire ansikter og fire vinger, og noe som lignet menneskehender, var der under deres vinger.
- OTB
- Hver hadde fire ansikter og fire vinger, og under vingene deres var formen av menneskehender.
- B1930
- Hvert av dem hadde fire ansikter og fire vinger, og noget som lignet menneskehender, var der under deres vinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 10:14
Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:6
but each had four faces and four wings.
Read in contextEzekiel 41:18–19
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
Read in contextEzekiel 1:8–10
Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
Read in contextRevelation 4:7
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
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