Ezekiel 10 · Verse 22

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 10:22, King James Version

Ezekiel 10:22 in other translations

BSBTheir faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
WEBAs for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.
ASVAnd as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.
YLTAs to the likeness of their faces, they are the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.
DARBYAnd as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar — their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them.
BBEAs for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.
WebsterAnd the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

What does Ezekiel 10:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. straight forward--intent upon the object they aimed at, not deviating from the way nor losing sight of the end (Lu 9:52).

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…

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Ezekiel 10:22 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.

וּדְמ֣וּתu.de.Mutand [the] likeness ofH1823
פְּנֵיהֶ֔םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
הַפָּנִ֗יםha.pa.Nim[were] the facesH6440
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
עַל\־'al-atH5921
נְהַר\־ne.har-[the] river ofH5104
כְּבָ֔רke.VarKebarH3529
מַרְאֵיהֶ֖םmar.'ei.Hemappearance theirH4758
וְאוֹתָ֑םve.'o.Tamand <obj.> themH853
אִ֛ישׁ'isheachH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עֵ֥בֶר'E.ver[the] side ofH5676
פָּנָ֖יוpa.Navface itsH6440
יֵלֵֽכוּ\׃ye.Le.khuthey movedH1980

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 10:22

  • 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 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.

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the likeness.
1:10
they went.
11; 1:12; Ho 14:9

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

Context

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 10:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la figura de sus rostros era la de los rostros que vi junto al río de Chebar, su mismo parecer y su ser; cada uno caminaba en derecho de su rostro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quant à la ressemblance de leurs faces, c’étaient les faces que j’avais vues près du fleuve Kebar, leur aspect, et eux-mêmes; ils allaient chacun droit devant soi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und was die Gestalt ihrer Angesichter betrifft, so waren es die Angesichter, welche ich am Flusse Kebar gesehen hatte, ihr Aussehen und sie selbst. Sie gingen ein jeder stracks vor sich hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et similitudo vultuum eorum, ipsi vultus quos videram juxta fluvium Chobar, et intuitus eorum, et impetus singulorum ante faciem suam ingredi.