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God’s Glory Exits the Temple

Ezekiel 10:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
KJV
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
WEB
Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
ASV
Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
LSV
[The] four—each had four faces, and each had four wings, and the likeness of the hands of man [is] under their wings.
YLT
Four faces [are] to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man [is] under their wings.
DBY
Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
DRC
Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man’s hand was under their wings.
GNV
Euery one had foure faces, and euery one foure wings, and the likenesse of mans hands was vnder their wings.
JPS
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
LXXE
Each one had four faces, and each one had eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה פָנִים֙ לְאֶחָ֔ד וְאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאֶחָ֑ד וּדְמוּת֙ יְדֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Τέσσαρα πρόσωπα τῷ ἑνὶ, καὶ ὀκτὼ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνὶ, καὶ ὁμοίωμα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπου ὑποκάτωθεν τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 41:18–19were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were…
  • 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 1:6but each had four faces and four wings.
  • Ezekiel 1:8–10Under 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…
  • Revelation 4:7The 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.

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