Ezekiel 1:9

joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

Young's Literal Translation

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 hands of man under their wings — on their four sides, and their faces and their wings — [are] to them four;

10As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right [are] to them four, and the face of an ox on the left [are] to them four, and the face of an eagle [are] to them four.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11as to the wings of the cherubs, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22As to the likeness of their faces, they [are] the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.

Luke 9:62and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign 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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