Ezekiel 10:21

four faces were to one, and four wings to one; and the likeness of the hand of a man was under the wings of those. (each one (had) four faces, and four wings; and the likeness of a man’s hand (appeared) under their wings.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

In Context

20That is the beast, which I saw under God of Israel, beside the flood Chebar. And I understood that four cherubims (they) were; (These were the same creatures, which I had seen under the God of Israel, by the Chebar River. And now I understood that they were four cherubim;)

22And the likeness of the cheers of those were those cheers which I had seen beside the flood Chebar; and the beholding of those, and the fierceness of each, was to enter before his face. (And the likenesses of their faces were like those faces which I had seen by the Chebar River; yea, their appearance, and the fierceness of each; and each one of them went straight ahead.)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:8And the hands of a man were under the wings of those, in four parts; and those had faces and wings by four parts; (And the hands of a man were under their wings, on their four sides; and those four creatures had faces and wings;)

Ezekiel 41:18And cherubims and palm trees were made craftily, and (there was) a palm tree betwixt cherub and cherub; and (each) cherub had two faces, ( were cherubim and palm trees, carved with craftsmanship, that is, made with precision, with a palm tree between one cherub and another cherub; and each cherub had two faces,)

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:9-22

The Vision of the Divine Glory. ( b. c. 593.) 8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to… Read the whole commentary →

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