Ezekiel 10 · Verse 12

Ezekiel 10:12

And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Ezekiel 10:12, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:12 in other translations

BSBTheir entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
WEBTheir whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.
ASVAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
YLTAnd all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four are their wheels.
DARBYAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four and their wheels.
BBEAnd the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.
WebsterAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes on every side, even the wheels that they four had.

What does Ezekiel 10:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. body--literally, "flesh," because a body consists of flesh. wheels ... full of eyes--The description (Eze 1:18) attributes eyes to the "wheels" alone; here there is added, on closer observation, that the cherubim themselves had them. The "eyes" imply that God, by His wisdom, beautifully reconciles seeming contrarieties (compare 2Ch 16:9; Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 10:8-22

Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 10:8-22 →

Ezekiel 10:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
בְּשָׂרָם֙be.sa.Rambody theirH1320
וְגַבֵּהֶ֔םve.ga.be.Hemand backs theirH1354
וִֽידֵיהֶ֖םvi.dei.Hemand hands theirH3027
וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֑םve.khan.fei.Hemand wings theirH3671
וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗יםve.ha.'o.fa.Nimand the wheelsH212
מְלֵאִ֤יםme.le.'Im[were] fullH4392
עֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimeyesH5869
סָבִ֔יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֖םle.'ar.ba'.Tam[belonged] to [the] four of themH702
אוֹפַנֵּיהֶֽם\׃'o.fa.nei.Hemwheels theirH212

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:12

  • Ezekiel 1:18

    As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

  • Revelation 4:8

    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  • Revelation 4:6

    And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
body. Heb. flesh. were.
1:18; Re 4:6,8

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 10:11

    When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

  • Ezekiel 10:12

    And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.

  • Ezekiel 10:13

    As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.

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Ezekiel 10:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y toda su carne, y sus costillas, y sus manos, y sus alas, y las ruedas, lleno estaba de ojos alrededor en sus cuatro ruedas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout leur corps, et leur dos, et leurs mains, et leurs ailes, et les roues, étaient pleins d’yeux tout autour, – à eux quatre, leurs roues.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr ganzer Leib und ihr Rücken und ihre Hände und ihre Flügel und die Räder waren voll Augen ringsum; alle vier hatten ihre Räder.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omne corpus earum, et colla, et manus, et pennæ, et circuli, plena erant oculis in circuitu quatuor rotarum.