New American Standard Bible 1995
Ezekiel 1:5-14
5Within it there were figures resembling 1four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human 2form. 6Each of them had 3four faces and 4four wings. 7Their legs were straight and 5their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like 6burnished bronze. 8Under their wings on their 7four sides were human 8hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did 9not turn when they moved, each 10went straight forward. 10As for the 11form of their faces, each had the 12face of a man; 13all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and 14all four had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and 15two covering their bodies. 12And 16each went straight forward; 17wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1318In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 19fire, 20like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 21flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 22ran to and fro like bolts of 23lightning.
Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 1:5 Ezek 10:15, 17, 20; Rev 4:6-8 ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 1:5 Ezek 1:26 ↩
- 3. Ezekiel 1:6 Ezek 1:10; 10:14, 21 ↩
- 4. Ezekiel 1:6 Ezek 1:23 ↩
- 5. Ezekiel 1:7 Lit the soles of their feet ↩
- 6. Ezekiel 1:7 Dan 10:6; Rev 1:15 ↩
- 7. Ezekiel 1:8 Ezek 1:17; 10:11 ↩
- 8. Ezekiel 1:8 Ezek 10:8, 21 ↩
- 9. Ezekiel 1:9 Ezek 1:17 ↩
- 10. Ezekiel 1:9 Ezek 1:12; 10:22 ↩
- 11. Ezekiel 1:10 Rev 4:7 ↩
- 12. Ezekiel 1:10 Ezek 10:14 ↩
- 13. Ezekiel 1:10 Lit the four of them ↩
- 14. Ezekiel 1:10 Lit the four of them ↩
- 15. Ezekiel 1:11 Is 6:2; Ezek 1:23 ↩
- 16. Ezekiel 1:12 Ezek 1:9 ↩
- 17. Ezekiel 1:12 Ezek 1:20 ↩
- 18. Ezekiel 1:13 So with some ancient versions; Heb as the likeness of the living beings ↩
- 19. Ezekiel 1:13 Ps 104:4; Rev 4:5 ↩
- 20. Ezekiel 1:13 Lit like the appearance of ↩
- 21. Ezekiel 1:13 Lit coming out ↩
- 22. Ezekiel 1:14 Zech 4:10 ↩
- 23. Ezekiel 1:14 Matt 24:27; Luke 17:24 ↩
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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