Ezekiel 10:21
What does Ezekiel 10:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 10:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Four faces <FI>are<Fi> to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man <FI>is<Fi> under their wings.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man's hand was under their wings.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Context
v.20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
v.21This passage
v.22And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 1:6
and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
- Ezekiel 1:8
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:
- Ezekiel 10:14
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the 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 41:18
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
- Revelation 4:7
And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
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