Ezekiel 1:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,”
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“Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and hands of man under their wings--on their four sides, and their faces and their wings--<FI> are<Fi> to them four;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 1:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
- Ezekiel 1:17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
- Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
- Ezekiel 10:7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
- Ezekiel 10:11When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
- Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- Ezekiel 10:21Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
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