Isaiah 6:2 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

KJV

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Ver. 2.) The seraphim stood above him, six wings to one, and six wings to the other: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they flew. And they cried to one another, saying: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Stood - As ministers attending upon their Lord. Seraphim - An order of holy angels, thus called from fire and burning, which this word properly signifies; to represent either their nature, which is bright and glorious, subtile, and pure; or their property, of fervent zeal for God's service and glory.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Above it stood the seraphim - שרפים seraphim, from שרף seraph, to burn. He saw says Kimchi, the angels as flames of fire, that the depravity of that generation might be exhibited, which was worthy of being totally burnt up. He covered his feet “He covereth his feet” - By the feet the Hebrews mean all the lower parts of the body.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Seraph is to burn; implying the burning zeal, dazzling brightness (2Ki 2:11; Mt 28:3) and serpent-like rapidity of the seraphim in God's service. Perhaps Satan's form as a serpent (nachash) in his appearance to man has some connection with his original form as a seraph of light.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׂרָפִ֨ים	se.ra.Fim	seraphim	H8314 →
עֹמְדִ֤ים׀	'o.me.Dim	[were] standing	H5975 →
מִמַּ֙עַל֙	mi.Ma.'al	from above	H4605 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	<to> <the> him
שֵׁ֧שׁ	shesh	six	H8337 →
כְּנָפַ֛יִם	ke.na.Fa.yim	wings	H3671 →
שֵׁ֥שׁ	shesh	six	H8337 →
כְּנָפַ֖יִם	ke.na.Fa.yim	wings	H3671 →
לְאֶחָ֑ד	le.'e.Chad	[belonged] to one	H259 →
בִּשְׁתַּ֣יִם׀	bish.Ta.yim	with two [wings]	H8147 →
יְכַסֶּ֣ה	ye.kha.Seh	he covered	H3680 →
פָנָ֗יו	fa.Nav	face his	H6440 →
וּבִשְׁתַּ֛יִם	u.vish.Ta.yim	and with two [wings]	H8147 →
יְכַסֶּ֥ה	ye.kha.Seh	he covered	H3680 →
רַגְלָ֖יו	rag.Lav	feet his	H7272 →
וּבִשְׁתַּ֥יִם	u.vish.Ta.yim	and with two [wings]	H8147 →
יְעוֹפֵֽף׃	ye.'o.Fef	he flew	H5774 →

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
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 148:2
  Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- Luke 1:19
  “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
Through
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,…
leads to
- Isaiah 6:2–13
  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.
- Revelation 1:8
  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- 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.
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.”