Ezekiel 1:26 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:26

Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

BSB

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ASV

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

KJV

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A sapphire - The pure oriental sapphire, a large well cut specimen of which is now before me, is one of the most beautiful and resplendent blues that can be conceived. I have sometimes seen the heavens assume this illustrious hue. The human form above this canopy is supposed to represent Him who, in the fullness of time, was manifested in the flesh.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The azure sapphire answers to the color of the sky. As others are called "sons of God," but He "the Son of God," so others are called "sons of man" (Eze 2:1, 3), but He "the Son of man" (Mt 16:13), being the embodied representative of humanity and the whole human race; as, on the other hand, He is the representative of "the fulness of the Godhead" (Col 2:9).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִמַּ֗עַל	u.mi.Ma.'al	and [was] from above	H4605 →
לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙	la.ra.Ki.a'	<to> the expanse	H7549 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] above	H5921 →
רֹאשָׁ֔ם	ro.Sham	head their	H7218 →
כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה	ke.mar.'Eh	like [the] appearance of	H4758 →
אֶֽבֶן־	'e.ven-	a stone of	H68 →
סַפִּ֖יר	sa.Pir	sapphire	H5601 →
דְּמ֣וּת	de.Mut	[the] likeness of	H1823 →
כִּסֵּ֑א	ki.Se'	a throne	H3678 →
וְעַל֙	ve.'Al	and [was] on	H5921 →
דְּמ֣וּת	de.Mut	[the] likeness of	H1823 →
הַכִּסֵּ֔א	ha.ki.Se'	the throne	H3678 →
דְּמ֞וּת	de.Mut	a likeness	H1823 →
כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה	ke.mar.'Eh	like [the] appearance of	H4758 →
אָדָ֛ם	'a.Dam	a human	H120 →
עָלָ֖יו	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →
מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃	mil.Ma.'e.lah	from to above <towards>	H4605 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
leads to
- John 1:18
  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 10:1
  And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 32:30
  So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Through
Revelation 1:13
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
leads to
- Daniel 10:16
  And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- Daniel 10:5–6
  I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Revelation 15:6
  And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
- Exodus 28:6–8

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel