Ezekiel 1:24

And I heard the sound of their wings when they went, as the sound of much water: and when they stood, their wings were let down.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

In Context

23And their wings were spread out under the firmament, reaching one to the other; two wings to each, covering their bodies.

25And lo! a voice from above the firmament

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Cross References

2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great host: and each man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.

Job 37:4After him shall be a cry with a loud voice; 1 He shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, 1 Yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice. 1

Psalms 29:3O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou didst heal me. 1

Ezekiel 3:13And I perceived the sound of the wings of the living creatures clapping one to the other, and the sound of the wheels was near them, and the sound of the earthquake.

Ezekiel 43:2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came by the eastern way; and there was a voice of an army, as the sound of many redoubling their shouts, and the earth shone like light from the glory round about.

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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