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Ezekiel 10:21

God's holiness

19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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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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
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

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 1:6

    And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

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  • Ezekiel 41:18–19

    And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

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  • Ezekiel 1:8–10

    And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

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  • Revelation 4:7

    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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