Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 1:7
7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, sparkling like the gleam of polished 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
5The likeness of four living creatures came from it, and this was their appearance: They looked something like a human, 6but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, sparkling like the gleam of polished bronze. 8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings. 9Their wings were touching. The creatures did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
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 with divided hooves and that chews the cud.
- Ezekiel 1:13The likeness of the living creatures was like the appearance of blazing coals of fire or like torches. Fire was moving back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, with lightning coming out of it.
- Psalms 104:4and making the winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
- Daniel 10:6His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.
- Revelation 1:15His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of cascading 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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