New Living Translation
Ezekiel 10:21
21for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands 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 King James Version (NKJV)Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Context of Ezekiel 10:21
19And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the Lord’s Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 20These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim, for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings. 22And their faces were just like the faces of the beings I had seen at the Kebar, and they traveled straight ahead, just as the others had.
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 of the four cherubim had four faces: the first was the face of an ox, the second was a human face, the third was the face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 1:8Under each of their four wings I could see human hands. So each of the four beings had four faces and four wings.
- Ezekiel 41:18All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.
- Revelation 4:7The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
- Ezekiel 10:8(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands 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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