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THE MESSAGE
Ezekiel 1:6
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but each of them had four faces and four wings.
Everyone had four faces, and everyone of them had four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
Each of them had four faces and four wings.
but each of them had four faces and four wings.
Each one had four faces and four wings.
Everyone had four faces, and everyone of them had four wings.
And euery one had foure faces, and euery one had foure wings.
Each of them had four faces and four wings.
And each of them had four faces and four wings.
but each had four faces and four wings.
except that each one had four faces and four wings.
but each one had four faces and four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
But each one of them had four faces and four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
but each of them had four faces and four wings.
and each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
and four faces were to each, and four wings to each of them,
that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges.
and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
And euery one had foure faces, and euery one had foure wings.
And euery one had foure faces, and euery one of them had foure wynges.
And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
And foure faces weren to oon, and foure wyngis weren to oon.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
but each had four faces and four wings.
Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
except that each had four faces and four wings.
but each of them had four faces and four wings.
Each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
and four faces each, and four wings each, had they;
Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
and four faces [are] to each, and four wings [are] to each of them,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
And every one had four faces: These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angels, the attendants on "the King of Glory," and the ministers of his providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and rational creatures. Ezekiel 1:10, Ezekiel 1:15, Ezekiel 10:10, Ezekiel 10:14, Ezekiel 10:21, Ezekiel 10:22, Revelation 4:7, Revelation 4:8
every one had four wings: Ezekiel 1:8-11, Exodus 25:20, 1 Kings 6:24-27, Isaiah 6:2
Cross-References
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
A David Psalm God's glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning, Professor Night lectures each evening.
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness; Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings; Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute; Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin. Let every living, breathing creature praise God ! Hallelujah!
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
But God is the real thing— the living God, the eternal King. When he's angry, Earth shakes. Yes, and the godless nations quake.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And or but everyone had four faces,.... Which are described,
:-. The Targum multiplies the faces in a strange monstrous manner, paraphrasing the words thus,
"each had four faces, and there were four faces to everyone "of them", and every creature had sixteen faces; the number of the faces of the four creatures was sixty and four;''
and everyone had four wings; the seraphim in Isaiah 6:2; and the four beasts or living creatures in Revelation 4:8; had six wings; and so it seems that these had also, from Ezekiel 1:11; as will be seen there; nor is this any contradiction to the account here given, since it is not said they had only four wings. The Targum gives the same monstrous account of their wings as of their faces, saying,
"each had four wings, and there were four wings for everyone of them, sixteen wings to every face, and sixty four to every creature; and the number of the wings of the four living creatures were two hundred and fifty six.''
Jarchi is of the same opinion, and confirms it in his note on the text, which is this,
""four faces to one"; that is, to the face of a man only were four faces, and so, to the lion, to the eagle, and to the ox, lo, sixteen to a living creature, and so to every living creature; and four wings to everyone of the faces, lo, sixty and four wings to a living creatures and which, according to the Targum of Jonathan, amounts to two hundred and fifty six wings;''
what these wings signified, Ezekiel 1:11- :;
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In the Revelation of John each “beast” has its own distinctive character, here each unites in itself the four characters; there each has six wings, like the Seraphim Isaiah 6:2, here only four.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 1:6. Every one had four faces — There were four several figures of these living creatures, and each of these figures had four distinct faces: but as the face of the man was that which was presented to the prophet's view, so that he saw it more plainly than any of the others; hence it is said, Ezekiel 1:5, that each of these figures had the likeness of a man; and the whole of this compound image bore a general resemblance to the human figure.
