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Ezekiel 1:11
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That is what their faces were like. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching that of another and two wings covering its body.
Their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of everyone were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.
That was what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings that touched one of the other living creatures and two wings that covered its body.
Such were their faces. Their wings were stretched out upward; two [wings] of each one were touching another [the wings of the beings on either side of it], and [the remaining] two [wings of each being] were covering their bodies.
Their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of everyone were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Thus were their faces: but their wings were spred out aboue: two wings of euery one were ioined one to another, & two couered their bodies.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.
And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
Two wings of each creature were spread out and touched the wings of the creatures on either side. The other two wings of each creature were folded against its body.
thus their faces. As for their wings, each had two that stretched upward and joined those of others, and two more that covered their bodies.
And their faces and their wings were parted above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Their wings were spread out over them. With two of the wings each living being reached out to touch the one near it, and with the other two wings it covered its body.
And their faces and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each creature were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
So were their faces; their wings were spread out upward; each had two touching one another and two covering their bodies.
So their faces were . And their wings were spread upward, to each, the two wings were joined, and two wings of each covering their bodies.
Their faces also and their wynges were spred out aboue: so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another, and with the other two they couered their bodie.
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.
Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched vpward, two wings of euery one were ioyned one to an other, and two couered their bodies.
Thus were their faces, and their winges were spread out aboue, so that two wynges of euery one were ioyned one to another, and two wynges couered euery one of their bodyes.
And the four had their wings spread out above; each one had two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
And the faces of tho and the wengis of tho weren stretchid forth aboue. Twei wyngis of eche weren ioyned togidere, and tweyne hiliden the bodies of tho.
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were] joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.
Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies.
Each had two pairs of outstretched wings—one pair stretched out to touch the wings of the living beings on either side of it, and the other pair covered its body.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings touching the wings of another, and two covering their bodies.
such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
and their wings were spread above, - two of each joined one another, and two covered their bodies;
And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and their: Ezekiel 10:16, Ezekiel 10:19
stretched upward: or, divided above
and two: Ezekiel 1:23, Isaiah 6:2
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 7:7 - Zerubbabel Ezekiel 1:9 - joined Daniel 9:21 - to fly
Cross-References
Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.
Evening passed and morning came—that was the third day.
Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;
So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.
He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth,
Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds."
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;
He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.
He told him, "You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched upward,.... The former clause, "thus [were] their faces", either belongs to Ezekiel 1:10; and the meaning is, this, as now represented, was the likeness of their faces, and this the position of them: or it may be read in connection with the following clause, and be rendered, "and their faces and their wings were stretched upwards"; as they are in the Chaldee paraphrase, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions: "their faces were stretched upwards", showing that the ministers of the Gospel look up to Christ for fresh supplies of gifts and grace, of light, knowledge, wisdom, and strength, to enable them to perform their work: "and their wings were stretched upwards", that is, two of them; not four, as the Arabic version has it; for two covered their bodies, as is after said. Those that were stretched upwards answer to the two with which Isaiah's seraphim flew; for these were, as in the original text, "parted upwards" p; though they were joined together at the bottom of them, as in Ezekiel 1:9; yet being spread in flying, they opened wider and wider, and were at a greater distance from each other in their extreme points. This may design the agility, swiftness, and readiness of ministers in the performance of their work;
two [wings] of everyone [were] joined one to another: with which they, covered their heads and faces, as did Isaiah's seraphim, as conscious of their unworthiness and infirmities; looking upon themselves to be less than the least of all saints, unfit to be ministers of the Gospel; acknowledging they have nothing but what they have received and therefore would not glory as though they had not received, and as ashamed of their poor performances and ministrations;
and two covered their bodies; their lower and secret parts called their feet in Isaiah; which however to others beautiful upon the mountains, running and bringing the good news of peace, righteousness, and salvation by Christ; yet sensible of their deficiencies, they cover them, and confess, when they have done all they can, they are but unprofitable servants; from hence it appears that these living creatures had six wings, as the seraphim in Isaiah, and the four beasts in John's vision.
p פרודות "disjunctae", Montanus; "divisae", Calvin, Starckius. So Ben Melech.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thus ... - Rather, And their faces and their wings were separated above. All four formed a whole, yet the upper parts of each, the heads and the wings (though touching), rose distinct from one another. Two wings of each, as in the case of Isaiah’s Seraphim, were folded down over the body: and two were in their flight Ezekiel 1:9 “stretched upward” parted) so as to meet, each a wing of the neighboring living creature, just as the wings of the cherubim touched one another over the mercy-seat of the ark.
