Ezekiel 1:8

and on their four sides [each had] hands of man under their wings; and [each] of the four had their faces and their wings;

Literal Standard Version

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

7and their feet [are] straight feet, and the sole of their feet [is] as a sole of a calf’s foot, and they are sparkling as the color of bright bronze;

9their wings [are] joining to one another, they do not turn around in their going, they each go straight forward.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:6And one of the seraphim flees to me, and in his hand—a burning coal (with tongs he has taken [it] from off the altar),

Ezekiel 8:3And He puts forth a form of a hand, and takes me by a lock of my head, and [the] Spirit lifts me up between the earth and the heavens, and brings me to Jerusalem in visions of God, to the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where the seat of the figure of jealousy [is] that is making jealous,

Ezekiel 10:7that the [one] cherub puts forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that [is] between the cherubim, and lifts up, and gives [it] into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receives, and comes forth.

Ezekiel 10:18And the glory of YHWH goes forth from off the threshold of the house, and stands over the cherubim,

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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