Ezekiel 1:9

Ezekiel 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
• New International Version (NIV)and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.
• English Standard Version (ESV)their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

Context of Ezekiel 1:9

7Their legs were straight. Their feet were like the feet of young cows. They shone like bright bronze. 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: Their 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. 11Their wings waved up above them. Two wings of each living thing touched the wings of the living things on each side of them. Each living thing covered its body with its other two wings.

Ezekiel 1:9 word by word

חֹֽבְרֹ֛ת אִשָּׁ֥ה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֑ם לֹא־יִסַּ֣בּוּ בְלֶכְתָּ֔ן אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• joinedחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
• oneאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
• to anotherאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• they turnedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• not when they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• straightעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• forwardפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:9

• Ezekiel 1:11Their wings waved up above them. Two wings of each living thing touched the wings of the living things on each side of them. Each living thing covered its body with its other two wings.
• 2 Chronicles 3:11The cherubs stood side by side in the Most Holy Place. Their faces looked towards the big hall. Each cherub had two wings. Each wing was 2.2 metres long. They held their wings out so that one wing of each cherub touched a wing of the other cherub. The other wing of each cherub touched a wall of the Most Holy Place. The four wings of the two cherubs reached across 9 metres.
• 1 Corinthians 1:10My Christian friends, I tell you this with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ: ‘Please agree with each other. Do not become separate groups. Be united and think about things in the same way.’
• Ezekiel 1:12The living things each moved forward, in the direction that the spirit wanted them to go. They did not turn as they moved.
• Ezekiel 10:11When the cherubs moved, they could go forward in any of the four directions. They did not have to turn as they moved. When the head turned in a certain direction, they would move that way. They did not need to turn.
• Proverbs 4:25Look straight in front of you to see clearly where you are going.
• Luke 9:51The time came when God would soon take Jesus up to heaven. Jesus knew this, so he began to go towards Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Their wings were joined one to another - When their wings were extended, they formed a sort of canopy level with their own heads or shoulders; and on this canopy was the throne, and the "likeness of the man" upon it, Ezekiel 1:26. They turned not when they went - The wings did not flap in flying, or move in the manner of oars, or of the hands of a man in swimming, in order to their passing through the air; as they glided in reference to their feet, so…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Two of the wings were in the act of flying, so stretched out that the extremity of each touched a wing of a neighboring living creature, similarly stretched out. This was only when they were in motion. See Ezekiel 1:24. They went every one straight forward - The four together formed a square, and never altered their relative position. From each side two faces looked straight out, one at each corner - and so all moved together toward any of the four…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. 99. they--had no occasion to turn themselves round when changing their direction, for they had a face (Eze 1:6) looking to each of the four quarters of heaven. They made no mistakes; and their work needed not be gone over again. Their wings were joined above in pairs (see Eze 1:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 1:9

• Angel (a Spirit)

In the dictionaries

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

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