Ezekiel 1:10

And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.

11And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:

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Cross References

Numbers 2:3On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

Numbers 2:18On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama, the son of Ammiud.

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

1 Chronicles 12:8From Gaddi also there went over to David, when he lay hid in the wilderness most valiant men, and excellent warriors, holding shield and spear: whose faces were like the faces of a lion, and they were swift like the roebucks on the mountains.

Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.

Isaiah 46:8Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye transgressors, to the heart.

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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