Ezekiel 10:8

New King James Version

The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.

Hebrew Names Version
There appeared in the Keruvim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

King James Version
And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.

English Standard Version
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.

New American Standard Bible
The cherubim appeared to have something like a human hand under their wings.

New Century Version
Something that looked like a human hand could be seen under the wings of the living creatures.

Amplified Bible
Beneath their wings the cherubim seemed to have [something in] the form of a man's hand.

World English Bible
There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there appeared in the Cherubims, the likenesse of a mans hande vnder their wings.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Berean Standard Bible
(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

Contemporary English Version
I noticed again that each of the four winged creatures had what looked like human hands under their wings,

Complete Jewish Bible
Now there appeared among the k'ruvim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Darby Translation
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Easy-to-Read Version
(The Cherub angels had what looked like human arms under their wings.)

George Lamsa Translation
And I looked, and behold, there appeared in the cherubim the form of a mans hand under their wings.

Good News Translation
I saw that each creature had what looked like a human hand under each of its wings.

Lexham English Bible
And there appeared for the cherubim the form of a human hand under their wings.

Literal Translation
And the form of a man's hand was seen under the wings of the cherubs.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And vnder the wynges of ye Cherubins, there apeared the licknes of a mas hode:

American Standard Version
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Bible in Basic English
And I saw the form of a man's hands among the winged ones under their wings.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

King James Version (1611)
And there appeared in the Cherubims, the forme of a mans hand vnder their wings.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vnder the wynges of the Cherubims there appeared the likenesse of a mans hande.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I saw the cherubs having the likeness of men’s hands under their wings.

English Revised Version
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the licnesse of the hond of a man apperide in cherubyns, vndur the wyngis of tho.

Update Bible Version
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of man's hand under their wings.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

New English Translation
(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

New Living Translation
(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)

New Life Bible
(The cherubim had what looked like a man's hands under their wings.)

New Revised Standard
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now the cherubim appeared to have. the likeness of the hand of a man, under their wings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a man’s hand under their wings.

Revised Standard Version
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.

Young's Literal Translation
And there appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings,

Contextual Overview

⁸ The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings. ⁹ And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone. ¹⁰ As for their appearance, all four looked alike--as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. ¹¹ When they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went. ¹² And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around. ¹³ As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, "Wheel." ¹⁴ Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. ¹⁵ And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar. ¹⁶ When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them. ¹⁷ When the cherubim [fn] stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one [fn] was lifted up, the other [fn] lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 10:21, Ezekiel 1:8, Isaiah 6:6

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 1:4 - colour

Cross-References

Micah 5:6
They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there appeared in the cherubim,.... The Septuagint version is, "I saw the cherubim"; and so the Syriac version, "I saw in the cherubim"; what follows:

the form of a man's hand under their wings; one of them put forth his hand, which was seen by the prophet, as declared in Ezekiel 10:7; but this was only the "form" of one; which is observed to show that it is not to be taken literally, but as seen in the vision of prophecy; and being under their wings denotes secrecy and privacy: and the whole being applied to the ministers of the word is expressive of their activity and diligence in the work of the Lord, both in private and in public; and that they make no boast nor show of their works and labours, and ascribe nothing to themselves, but all to the grace of God that is with them, 1 Corinthians 15:10;

1 Corinthians 15:10- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An explanation following upon the mention of the “hand.” It is characteristic of this chapter that the narrative is interrupted by explanatory comments. The “narrative” is contained in Ezekiel 10:1-3, Ezekiel 10:6-7, Ezekiel 10:13, Ezekiel 10:15 (first clause), 18, 19; the other verses contain the “interposed explanations.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 10:8. The form of a man's hand under their wings. — I am still of opinion that the hands and wings were not distinct. The arms were feathered like wings, and the hand terminated the arm; but as the long front feathers of the wings would extend much beyond the fingers, hence the hands would appear to be under the wings. See on Ezekiel 1:8. The human hand might be intended to show that God helps and punishes man by man; and that, in the general operations of his providence, he makes use of human agency.