Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings were joined one to the other: they turned not about in their going; they went every one in the direction of one of their faces.

Leeser Tanakh

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 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.

10And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and the face of a lion, on the right side for all four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side for all four of them; and the face of an eagle for all four of them.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11And regarding the wings of the cherubim their length was twenty cubits; the wing of the one amounting to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11Thus were their faces: and their wings were spread out upward; every one had two joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the river Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one in the direction of his face.

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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