Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsEvery one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
Four faces are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is under their wings.
Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)