Ezekiel 1:6

And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

In Context

5And out of the midst thereof [I saw] the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

7And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the glitter of burnished copper.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:24And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: [there were] ten cubits from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other.

Ezekiel 1:8And hands of man [were visible] from beneath their wings on their four sides: and their faces and their wings [were alike] on all these four.

Ezekiel 10:10And as for their appearances, the whole four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of another wheel.

Ezekiel 10:21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one had four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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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