Isaiah 6:2
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3 And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
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
- Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
- ASV
- Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- DARBY
- Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
- BLB
- Seraphim stood above Him, [with] six wings for each—six wings—with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
- ÅB
- Serafer sto omkring ham. Seks vinger hadde hver; med to dekket han sitt åsyn, med to dekket han sine føtter, og med to fløy han.
- OTB
- Over ham sto serafer, hver av dem hadde seks vinger: med to dekket de ansiktene sine, med to dekket de føttene sine, og med to fløy de.
- B1930
- Serafer stod omkring ham. Seks vinger hadde hver; med to dekket han sitt åsyn, med to dekket han sine føtter, og med to fløi han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
Read in contextEzekiel 1:11
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
Read in contextPsalms 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Read in contextPsalms 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in context1 Kings 6:24
One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
Read in contextZechariah 3:4
So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
Read in contextPsalms 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
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