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Ezekiel 1:7
7Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled and gleamed like shiny bronze.
Ezekiel 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
- New International Version (NIV)Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot. And they sparkled like burnished bronze.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.
Context of Ezekiel 1:7
5Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form. 6Each one had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled and gleamed like shiny bronze. 8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.
Read all of Ezekiel 1Ezekiel 1:7 word by word
וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם רֶ֣גֶל יְשָׁרָ֑ה וְכַ֣ף רַגְלֵיהֶ֗ם כְּכַף֙ רֶ֣גֶל עֵ֔גֶל וְנֹ֣צְצִ֔ים כְּעֵ֖ין נְחֹ֥שֶׁת קָלָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- straightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
- and the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
- of a calf’sעֵ֫גֶל‛êgel · calfH5695
- and they sparkledנָצַץnâtsats · to shineH5340
- like the colourעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
- of burnishedקָלָלqâlâl · burnishedH7044
- brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:7
- Leviticus 11:3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof [that is, a hoof split into two parts especially at its distal extremity] and chews the cud.
- Ezekiel 1:13Among the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.
- Psalms 104:4Who makes winds His messengers, Flames of fire His ministers.
- Daniel 10:6His body also was like beryl [with a golden luster], his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea].
- Revelation 1:15His feet were like burnished [white-hot] bronze, refined in a furnace, and His voice was [powerful] like the sound of many waters.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Their feet were straight feet - There did not seem to be any flexure at the knee, nor were the legs separated in that way as to indicate progression by walking. I have before me several ancient Egyptian images of Isis, Osiris. Anubis, etc., where the legs are not separated, nor is there any bend at the knees; so that if there was any motion at all, it must have been by gliding, not progressive walking. It is a remark of Adrian, that the gods are never…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The “foot” seems here to mean the lower part of the leg, including the knee, and this was “straight,” i. e. upright like a man‘s. The “sole” is the “foot” as distinguished from the “leg,” the leg terminated in a solid calf‘s hoof. This was suitable for a being which was to present a front on each of its four sides. Ezekiel was living in a country on the walls of whose temples and palaces were those strange mixed figures, human heads with the bodies of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9At the center of the fiery cloud were four living beings. Each one had four faces and four wings. The number four often represents completeness in the Bible. These creatures, made up of different features, represented the whole created order (everything that God has made).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. straight feet--that is, straight legs. Not protruding in any part as the legs of an ox, but straight like a man's [Grotius]. Or, like solid pillars; not bending, as man's, at the knee. They glided along, rather than walked. Their movements were all sure, right, and without effort [Kitto, Cyclopedia]. sole ... calf's foot--Henderson hence supposes that "straight feet" implies that they did not project horizontally like men's feet, but vertically as…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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