Ezekiel 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:7

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

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ASV

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 burnished brass.

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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 7) The four faces to one, and the four wings to one, 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 appearance of burnished brass. And the hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides. LXX: And the four faces to one, and the four wings to one, and their legs were straight, and they had winged feet.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The sole of their feet was like that of a calf's foot, which divides the hoof and is therefore clean: as it were the sole of a round foot (as the Chaldee words it); they were ready for motion any way. Their feet were winged (so the LXX.); they went so swiftly that it was as if they flew.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The “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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 calves' feet.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם	ve.rag.lei.Hem	and feet their	H7272 →
רֶ֣גֶל	Re.gel	[was] a foot	H7272 →
יְשָׁרָ֑ה	ye.sha.Rah	straight	H3477 →
וְכַ֣ף	ve.Khaf	and [the] sole of	H3709 →
רַגְלֵיהֶ֗ם	rag.lei.Hem	feet their	H7272 →
כְּכַף֙	ke.Khaf	[was] like [the] sole of	H3709 →
רֶ֣גֶל	Re.gel	[the] foot of	H7272 →
עֵ֔גֶל	'E.gel	a calf	H5695 →
וְנֹ֣צְצִ֔ים	ve.No.tze.Tzim	and [they were] gleaming	H5340 →
כְּעֵ֖ין	ke.'Ein	like [the] appearance of	H5869 →
נְחֹ֥שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
קָלָֽל׃	ka.Lal	burnished	H7044 →

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Revelation 1:15
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
leads to
- Ezekiel 43:2
  and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
- Daniel 10:6
  His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of…
- Revelation 14:2
  And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
- Revelation 19:6
  And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the…
Through
Psalms 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
leads to
- Hebrews 1:7
  Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
- 2 Kings 2:11
  As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- 2 Kings 6:17
  Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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