Ezekiel 1:9

And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 the hand of a man was under their wings on their four sides.

10And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right to the four; and the face of a calf on the left to the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11And the four had their wings spread out above; each one had two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22And as for the likeness of their faces, these are the same faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chebar: and they went each straight forward.

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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