Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 1:7
7Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like the hoof of a calf. They sparkled like the color of burnished 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
5From within it came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had a likeness of a human, 6but each one had four faces and each one of them had four wings. Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like the hoof of a calf. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze. 8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had faces and wings: 9their wings touched one another; they did not turn when they moved; each could move in the direction of any of its faces.
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 11:3Whatever has a split, divided hoof and chews cud among the animals—that you may eat.
- Ezekiel 1:13As for the form of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, resembling torches moving between the living creatures. There was brightness to the fire, and lightning went forth from the fire.
- Psalms 104:4making His angels spirits, His servants a flaming fire.
- Daniel 10:6His body was like yellow jasper, his face like a flash of lightning, his eyes like fiery torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the roar of a multitude.
- Revelation 1:15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of rushing 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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