Ezekiel 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:5

and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;

KJV

Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Living creatures - The Hebrew word answers very nearly to the English “beings,” and denotes those who live, whether angels, men (in whom is the breath of life), or inferior creatures.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּ	u.Mi.to.Khah	and [was] from [the] middle of it	H8432 →
דְּמ֖וּת	de.Mut	a likeness of	H1823 →
אַרְבַּ֣ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
חַיּ֑וֹת	chai.Yot	living creatures	H2416 →
וְזֶה֙	ve.Zeh	and this	H2088 →
מַרְאֵֽיהֶ֔ן	mar.'ei.Hen	[was] appearance their	H4758 →
דְּמ֥וּת	de.Mut	a likeness of	H1823 →
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	a human	H120 →
לָהֵֽנָּה׃	la.He.nah	[belonged] to them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 10:1
  And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- 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.
- 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.
- Daniel 10:18
  Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
- Ezekiel 1:22
  Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
Through
Revelation 6:6
And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm…
leads to
- Revelation 9:4
  They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
- Revelation 4:6
  And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Psalms 76:10
  Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.