Ezekiel 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:11

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

KJV

Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thus ... - Rather, And their faces and their wings were separated above. All four formed a whole, yet the upper parts of each, the heads and the wings (though touching), rose distinct from one another. Two wings of each, as in the case of Isaiah’s Seraphim, were folded down over the body: and two were in their flight Eze 1:9 “stretched upward” parted) so as to meet, each a wing of the neighboring living creature, just as the wings of the cherubim touched one another over the mercy-seat of the ark.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּפְנֵיהֶ֕ם	u.fe.nei.Hem	and faces their	H6440 →
וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֥ם	ve.khan.fei.Hem	and wings their	H3671 →
פְּרֻד֖וֹת	pe.ru.Dot	[were] spread out	H6504 →
מִלְמָ֑עְלָה	mil.Ma.'e.lah	from to above <towards>	H4605 →
לְאִ֗ישׁ	le.'Ish	<to> each	H376 →
שְׁ֚תַּיִם	She.ta.yim	two [wings]	H8147 →
חֹבְר֣וֹת	choe.Rot	[were] touching	H2266 →
אִ֔ישׁ	'Ish	each	H376 →
וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם	u.she.Ta.yim	and two [wings]	H8147 →
מְכַסּ֔וֹת	me.kha.Sot	[were] covering	H3680 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶֽנָה׃	ge.vi.yo.tei.He.nah	bodies their	H1472 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Isaiah 6:2
Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
leads to
- Revelation 4:8
  And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- Psalms 103:20
  Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Psalms 104:4
  He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- Zechariah 3:4
  So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
- 1 Kings 6:24
  One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
Through
Ezekiel 10:16
When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
leads to
- Ezekiel 1:19–21
  So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
Through
Ezekiel 1:23
And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
leads to
- Luke 17:10
  So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- Psalms 89:7
  In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.