Ezekiel 10:12

Ezekiel 10:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
• New International Version (NIV)Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around.

Context of Ezekiel 10:12

10And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel. 11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four [and] their wheels. 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, Galgal. 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:12 word by word

וְכָל־בְּשָׂרָם֙ וְגַבֵּהֶ֔ם וִֽידֵיהֶ֖ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗ים מְלֵאִ֤ים עֵינַ֙יִם֙ סָבִ֔יב לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֖ם אוֹפַנֵּיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702

Cross-references for Ezekiel 10:12

• Ezekiel 1:18As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.
• Revelation 4:6and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 10:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart, would return to them, if they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12full of eyes: The elders' earlier statement that "The LORD does not see us" (Ezekiel 8:12) was both foolish and false.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. body--literally, "flesh," because a body consists of flesh. wheels ... full of eyes--The description (Eze 1:18) attributes eyes to the "wheels" alone; here there is added, on closer observation, that the cherubim themselves had them. The "eyes" imply that God, by His wisdom, beautifully reconciles seeming contrarieties (compare 2Ch 16:9; Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 10:12

• Wheel

In the dictionaries

• Cherub
• Living creatures
• Body
• Cherubim (1)
• Creature
• Creature, Living
• Eye
• Ezekiel
• Living Creature
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 10

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings