Ezekiel 1:9

joined to each other, were their wings,—they turned not when they went, each one straight before him, did they go;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 hands of a man! were under their wings, on their four sides,—and their faces and their wings belonged to the four of them:

10and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, with the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left, of the four of them,—the face of an eagle, also had they four;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11And, as for the wings of the cherubim, the length of them, was twenty cubits,—the one wing, by the cubit was five, reaching to the wall of the house, and, the other wing, five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub;

Ezekiel 1:11and their wings were spread above,— two of each joined one another, and two covered their bodies;

Ezekiel 10:22And as for the likeness of their faces, They were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves— every one straight before him, did they go.

Luke 9:62But Jesus said [unto him] —No one, laying the hand on a plough and looking unto the things behind, 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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