Isaiah 6:2

Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one,—With twain, he covered his face And with twain, he covered his feet And with twain, he did fly.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

In Context

1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw My Lord, sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and, his skirts, did fill the temple,

3And they continued crying out one to another, and said, Holy—holy—holy, is Yahweh of hosts,—the fulness of the whole earth, is his glory.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:6And he said—I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 37:9and the cherubim were spreading out their wings on high making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with, their faces, one towards the other, towards the propitiatory, were the faces of the cherubim,

1 Kings 6:27And he placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the cherubim stretched forth their wings,—so that the wing of the one touched the [one] wall, and the wing of the other cherub, was touching the other wall,—and, their wings in the midst of the house, were touching, wing to wing.

1 Kings 19:13And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went forth, and stood at the entrance of the cave,—and lo! unto him, a voice; and it said—What doest thou here, Elijah?

Nehemiah 9:6Thou, art Yahweh, thou alone, Thou, didst make the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is thereon, the seas and all that is therein, and, thou, holdest them all in life,—and, the host of the heavens, unto thee, are bowing down.

Job 4:18Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:2-5

Isaiah's Heavenly Vision. ( b. c. 758.) 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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