Ezekiel 1:9

And their wings were joined to one another. They did not turn as they went. Instead, each one advanced before his face.

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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 the four sides. And they had faces with the wings on the four sides.

10But as for the likeness of their face, there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right of each of the four, then the face of an ox on the left of each of the four, and the face of an eagle above each of the four.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11The wings of the cherubim extended for twenty cubits, such that one wing had five cubits and it touched the wall of the house, and the other, having five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11Their faces and their wings were extended above: two wings of each one were joined together, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22And, concerning the appearance of their faces, these were the same faces that I had seen beside the river Chebar, and the gaze and force of each one of them was to go before his face.

Luke 9:62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, 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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