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The Four Living Creatures

Ezekiel 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB
but each had four faces and four wings.
KJV
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
WEB
Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
ASV
and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
LSV
and each had four faces and each of them had four wings,
YLT
and four faces [are] to each, and four wings [are] to each of them,
DBY
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
DRC
Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
GNV
And euery one had foure faces, and euery one had foure wings.
JPS
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
LXXE
And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה פָנִ֖ים לְאֶחָ֑ת וְאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאַחַ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τέσσαρα πρόσωπα τῷ ἑνὶ, καὶ τέσσαρες πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 10:14Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
  • Ezekiel 1:15When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
  • Exodus 25:20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  • Ezekiel 1:8–11Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings, and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead. The…
  • Ezekiel 10:21–22Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings. Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
  • Ezekiel 10:10As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.
  • Revelation 4:7–8The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with…
  • 1 Kings 6:24–27One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and…
  • Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

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