Ezekiel 1:9

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

Literal Standard Version

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

10As for the likeness of their faces, [each had] the face of a man, and toward the right the four had the face of a lion, and on the left the four had the face of an ox, and the four had the face of an eagle.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11as for the wings of the cherubim, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11And their faces and their wings dividing from above, of each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22And the likeness of their faces, they [are] the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they each go straight forward.

Luke 9:62and Jesus said to him, “No one having put his hand on a plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

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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