Ezekiel 1:23

And under the vault their wings were straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered them, and every one had two, which covered them,—[namely,] their bodies.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

In Context

22And the likeness of a vault was over the head of the living creatures, [shining] like the glitter of the purest crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

24And I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of [their] speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood still, they let down their wings.

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Cross References

Psalms 89:7(89:8) God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him.

Ezekiel 1:24And I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of [their] speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood still, they let down their wings.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:16-26

The Vision of the Wheels. ( b. c. 595.) 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and… Read the whole commentary →

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