Ezekiel 10:21
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel 10:21 in other translations
| BSB | Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings. |
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| WEB | Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. |
| ASV | Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. |
| YLT | Four faces are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is under their wings. |
| DARBY | Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. |
| BBE | Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings. |
| Webster | Every one had four faces each, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. |
What does Ezekiel 10:21 mean?
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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…
Ezekiel 10:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 10:21
- Ezekiel 10:14
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 1:6
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
- Ezekiel 41:18-19
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
- Ezekiel 1:8-10
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 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.
- Revelation 4:7
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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Context
- Ezekiel 10:20
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
- Ezekiel 10:21
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- Ezekiel 10:22
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 10:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cada uno tenía cuatro rostros, y cada uno cuatro alas, y figuras de manos humanas debajo de sus alas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Chacun avait quatre faces, et chacun, quatre ailes, et il y avait une ressemblance de mains d’homme sous leurs ailes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jeder hatte vier Angesichter, und jeder hatte vier Flügel, und das Gebilde von Menschenhänden war unter ihren Flügeln. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quatuor vultus uni, et quatuor alæ uni: et similitudo manus hominis sub alis eorum. |