Ezekiel 1:11

What does Ezekiel 1:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 1:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each <FI>are<Fi> two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And their faces and their wings were parted above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Context

v.10As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

v.11This passage

v.12And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 10:19

    And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Isaiah 6:2

    Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

  • Ezekiel 1:23

    And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

  • Ezekiel 10:16

    And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them.

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