Ezekiel 1:8

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they bad faces, and wings on the four sides,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:6And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.

Ezekiel 8:3And the likeness of a hand was put forth and took me by a lock of my head: and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the vision of God into Jerusalem, near the inner gate, that looked toward the north, where was set the idol of jealousy to provoke to jealousy.

Ezekiel 10:7And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of the cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he took, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it and went forth.

Ezekiel 10:18And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims.

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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