Ezekiel 1:25
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
Ezekiel 1:25 in other translations
| BSB | And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered. |
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| WEB | There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings. |
| ASV | And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings. |
| YLT | And there is a voice from above the expanse, that is above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings. |
| DARBY | and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings. |
| BBE | And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings. |
| Webster | And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. |
What does Ezekiel 1:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 1:15-25
Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady. We need not despond in adversity; the wheels are turning round and will raise us in due time, while those who presume in prosperity know not how soon they may be cast down. The wheel is near the living creatures; the angels…
Ezekiel 1:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 1:25
- Ezekiel 1:22
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
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Context
- Ezekiel 1:24
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:25
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Ezekiel 1:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando se paraban y aflojaban sus alas, oíase voz de arriba de la expansión que había sobre sus cabezas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il y avait une voix au-dessus de l’étendue qui était sur leurs têtes: quand ils s’arrêtaient, ils abaissaient leurs ailes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es kam eine Stimme von oberhalb der Ausdehnung, die über ihren Häuptern war. Wenn sie still standen, ließen sie ihre Flügel sinken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nam cum fieret vox super firmamentum quod erat super caput eorum, stabant, et submittebant alas suas. |