Ezekiel 1:8

Ezekiel 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
• New International Version (NIV)Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
• New King James Version (NKJV)The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.

Context of Ezekiel 1:8

6Each one had four faces and four wings. 7Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled and gleamed like shiny bronze. Under 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. 10Regarding the form and appearance of their faces: they [each] had the face of a man [in front], and each had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face of an ox on the left side; all four also had the face of an eagle [at the back of their heads].

Ezekiel 1:8 word by word

וִידֵ֣י אָדָ֗ם מִתַּ֙חַת֙ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רִבְעֵיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֖ם לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• of a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• under their wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• on their fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• sidesרֶ֫בַעreba‛ · fourthH7253
• had their facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:8

• Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of hair on my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.
• Ezekiel 10:2And the Lord spoke to the man (seventh angel) clothed in linen and said, “Go between the whirling wheels under the cherubim; fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered as I watched.
• Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They had the hands of a man under their wings - I doubt much whether the arms be not here represented as all covered with feathers, so that they had the appearance of wings, only the hand was bare; and I rather think that this is the meaning of their having "the hands of a man under their wings."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Or, “They had the hands of a man under their wings on all four sides, just as they had wings and faces on all four sides.”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. 88. The hands of each were the hands of a man. The hand is the symbol of active power, guided by skilfulness (Psa 78:72). under their wings--signifying their operations are hidden from our too curious prying; and as the "wings" signify something more than human, namely, the secret prompting of God, it is also implied that they are moved by it and not by their own power, so that they do nothing at random, but all with divine wisdom. they four had ... faces…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 1:8

• Angel (a Spirit)

In the dictionaries

• Living creatures
• Assyria
• Cherubim (1)
• Creature
• Die
• Living Creature
• Luke, the Evangelist
• Prophecy; Prophets

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