Ezekiel 1 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 1:11

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.
Ezekiel 1:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 1:11 in other translations

BSBSuch 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.
WEBSuch were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
ASVAnd their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
YLTAnd their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each are two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
DARBYAnd their faces and their wings were parted above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
BBEAnd their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.
WebsterThus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

What does Ezekiel 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. The tips of the two outstretched wings reached to one another, while the other two, in token of humble awe, formed a veil for the lower parts of the body. stretched upward--rather, "were parted from above" (compare Margin; see on Is 6:2). The joining together of their wings above implies that, though the movements of Providence on earth may seem conflicting and confused, yet if one lift up his eyes to heaven, he will see that they admirably conspire towards the one end at last.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 1:1-14

Ezekiel's vision of God, and of the angelic host. (Ezek 1:1-14) The conduct of Divine Providence. (Ezek 1:15-25) A revelation of the Son of man upon his heavenly throne. (Ezek 1:26-28) Verses 1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit. These visions seem to have…

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Ezekiel 1:11 in the original Hebrew

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וּפְנֵיהֶ֕םu.fe.nei.Hemand faces theirH6440
וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֥םve.khan.fei.Hemand wings theirH3671
פְּרֻד֖וֹתpe.ru.Dot[were] spread outH6504
מִלְמָ֑עְלָהmil.Ma.'e.lahfrom to above <towards>H4605
לְאִ֗ישׁle.'Ish<to> eachH376
שְׁ֚תַּיִםShe.ta.yimtwo [wings]H8147
חֹבְר֣וֹתchoe.Rot[were] touchingH2266
אִ֔ישׁ'IsheachH376
וּשְׁתַּ֣יִםu.she.Ta.yimand two [wings]H8147
מְכַסּ֔וֹתme.kha.Sot[were] coveringH3680
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶֽנָה\׃ge.vi.yo.tei.He.nahbodies theirH1472

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 1:11

  • Isaiah 6:2

    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.

  • Ezekiel 1:23

    And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

  • Ezekiel 10:16

    And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

  • Ezekiel 10:19

    And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and their.
10:16,19
stretched upward. or, divided above. and two.
23; Isa 6:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 1:10

    As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

  • Ezekiel 1:11

    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.

  • Ezekiel 1:12

    And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

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Ezekiel 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tales eran sus rostros; y tenían sus alas extendidas por encima, cada uno dos, las cuales se juntaban; y las otras dos cubrían sus cuerpos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et leurs faces et leurs ailes étaient séparées par le haut: chacun avait deux ailes jointes l’une à l’autre, et deux qui couvraient leur corps.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihre Angesichter und ihre Flügel waren oben getrennt; jedes hatte zwei Flügel miteinander verbunden und zwei, welche ihre Leiber bedeckten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Facies eorum et pennæ eorum extentæ desuper: duæ pennæ singulorum jungebantur, et duæ tegebant corpora eorum.