New King James Version
Ezekiel 10:21
21Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel 10:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- New International Version (NIV)Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands.
- New Living Translation (NLT)for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings.
Context of Ezekiel 10:21
19And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 20This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim. Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward.
Read all of Ezekiel 10Ezekiel 10:21 word by word
אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה פָנִים֙ לְאֶחָ֔ד וְאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאֶחָ֑ד וּדְמוּת֙ יְדֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 10:21
- Ezekiel 10:14Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 1:8The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.
- Ezekiel 41:18And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces,
- Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 10:21
- 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. 19-22From this point on, the city was doomed. God had shown his powerful and fearsome glory in the opening chapter of Ezekiel. Now that same God had left the city. Without his presence, Jerusalem no longer had protection or hope. Judgment would surely come.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. The repetition is in order that the people about to live without the temple might have, instead, the knowledge of the temple mysteries, thus preparing them for a future restoration of the covenant. So perverse were they that they would say, "Ezekiel fancies he saw what has no existence." He, therefore, repeats it over and over again.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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