Ezekiel 1:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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. {stretched...: or, divided above}”

Ezekiel 1:11

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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.

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. {stretched...: or, divided above}

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

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance {was} like burning coals of fire, {and} like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

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Ezekiel 1:1

"Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, as I {was} among the captives by the river of Chebar, {that} the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. {captives: Heb. captivity}"

Ezekiel 1:2

"In the fifth {day} of the month, which {was} the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,"

Ezekiel 1:3

"The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. {Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel}"

Ezekiel 1:4

"And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness {was} about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. {infolding...: Heb. catching itself}"

Ezekiel 1:5

"Also out of the midst thereof {came} the likeness of four living creatures. And this {was} their appearance; they had the likeness of a man."

Ezekiel 1:6

"And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings."

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