Ézéchiel 1:23

La Bible David Martin

Et leurs ailes se tenaient droites au dessous de l'étendue, l'une vers l'autre; [et] ils avaient chacun deux ailes dont ils se couvraient, chacun, dis-je, en avait deux qui couvraient leurs corps.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et au-dessous de ce ciel, leurs ailes se tenaient droites l'une contre l'autre. Ils avaient chacun deux ailes dont ils se couvraient, et deux qui couvraient leurs corps.

Darby's French Translation
Et au-dessous de l'étendue, leurs ailes se tenaient droites, l'une vers l'autre: chacun en avait deux, qui couvraient leur corps, d'un côté, et chacun en avait deux, qui couvraient leur corps, de l'autre coté.

Louis Segond (1910)
Sous ce ciel, leurs ailes étaient droites l'une contre l'autre, et ils en avaient chacun deux qui les couvraient, chacun deux qui couvraient leurs corps.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their wings: Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 1:24

which: Ezekiel 1:11, Job 4:18, Psalms 89:7, Luke 17:10

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And under the firmament [were] their wings straight, the one toward the other,.... A further account is here given of the wings of the living creatures, which were under the firmament: two of their wings were stretched straight upwards towards the firmament, and joined each other; :-;

everyone had two, which covered on this side; besides the two that were carried straight upright towards heaven, they had other two, which covered their back and belly: and

everyone had two, which covered on that side, their bodies; that is, on each side of their bodies; so that there were in all six wings, as in Isaiah's vision, and in that of the Revelation of John: as their wings in general denote the swiftness and readiness of Gospel ministers to do the work of Christ, for which they exact help and assistance from above, signified by two being stretched straight upwards; see Ezekiel 1:11; so covering the several parts of their bodies with the rest shows their modesty and humility, as being ashamed of themselves and their services, when performed in the best manor; it being altogether owing to the grace of God they are what they are, have and do; they themselves being the chief of sinners, and the least of saints, in their own account.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every one had two, which covered ... - Or, each one had two wings covering his body on either side.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 1:23. Every one had two, which covered on this side — While they employed two of their wings to form a foundation for the firmament to rest on, two other wings were let down to cover the lower part of their bodies: but this they did only when they stood, Ezekiel 1:24.