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Ezekiel 1:8
8They had human hands under their wings on the four sides. Each of these four living things had faces and wings that were like this:
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
6But each of them had four faces and four wings. 7Their legs were straight. Their feet were like the feet of young cows. They shone like bright bronze. They had human hands under their wings on the four sides. Each of these four living things had faces and wings that were like this: 9Their wings touched each other. All the living things moved forward together. They did not turn as they moved. 10This is what their faces looked like: Each of the living things had four faces. There was a human face at the front. There was a lion's face on the right side. There was a bull's face on the left side. Each of them also had the face of an eagle.
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וִידֵ֣י אָדָ֗ם מִתַּ֙חַת֙ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רִבְעֵיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֖ם לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:8
- Ezekiel 8:3He put out something in the shape of a hand. He took hold of the hair on my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up, high in the sky, and took me to Jerusalem. This happened in the vision which God gave to me. I came to the north gate of the temple's inside yard. In that place there was a disgusting idol that made God very angry.
- Ezekiel 10:2The Lord said to the man who was wearing linen clothes, ‘Go between the wheels that are under the cherubs. Pick up some of the hot coals that are burning among the cherubs. Fill your hands with them. Then throw them everywhere over the city.’ Then the man did this, as I watched him.
- Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphs flew towards me. In his hand was a piece of burning coal. He had used a tool to take it from the altar.
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
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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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