Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings were joined one to another. They did not turn when they went; they went each one straight forward.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

In Context

8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. And those four had their faces and their wings [thus]:

10As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. And those four had the face of a lion on the right side, and those four had the face of an ox on the left side, those four also had the face of an eagle.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long; the wing of the one 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.

Ezekiel 1:11And their faces and their wings were separate above, two [wings] of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They went each one straight forward.

Luke 9:62But Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to a plow, and looking to things behind, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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