God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 1:7
7Their legs were straight, their feet were like those of calves, and they glittered like 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
5In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans, 6but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, their feet were like those of calves, and they glittered like polished bronze. 8They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings. 9Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead, and they did not turn as they moved.
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 11:3all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud.
- Ezekiel 1:13The living creatures looked like burning coals and torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning came out of the fire.
- Psalms 104:4You make your angels winds and your servants flames of fire.
- Daniel 10:6His body was like beryl. His face looked like lightning. His eyes were like flaming torches. His arms and legs looked like polished bronze. When he spoke, his voice sounded like the roar of a crowd.
- Revelation 1:15His feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace. His voice was like the sound of raging 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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