Ezekiel 1:23
New International Version
Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.

New Living Translation
Beneath this surface the wings of each living being stretched out to touch the others’ wings, and each had two wings covering its body.

English Standard Version
And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. And each creature had two wings covering its body.

Berean Standard Bible
And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.

New American Standard Bible
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

NASB 1995
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

NASB 1977
And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering their bodies on the one side and on the other.

Legacy Standard Bible
And underneath the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

Amplified Bible
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living being had two wings which covered its body on one side and on the other side.

Christian Standard Bible
and under the expanse their wings extended one toward another. They each also had two wings covering their bodies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And under the expanse their wings extended one toward another. Each of them also had two wings covering their bodies.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And under it their wings were straight, each against each from above, and from beneath, two covered them and two covered their bodies

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And their wings were spread out under the firmament, reaching one to the other; two wings to each, covering their bodies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in like manner.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Under the dome, each creature had two wings that were stretched out straight, touching one another. Each creature had two wings that covered its body.

Good News Translation
There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings toward the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings.

International Standard Version
and underneath the canopy, their wings spread out straight over their heads toward each other. They each also had two wings with which they covered themselves, one wing covering its body on one side and one wing covering itself on the other side.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies.

Literal Standard Version
And under the expanse their wings [are] straight, one toward [its] sister; two [wings] of each are covering them, and two [wings] of each are covering their bodies.

Majority Standard Bible
And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

New American Bible
Beneath the firmament their wings stretched out toward one another; each had two wings covering the body.

NET Bible
Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

New Revised Standard Version
Under the dome their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each of the creatures had two wings covering its body.

New Heart English Bible
Under the expanse their wings were straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

Webster's Bible Translation
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one towards the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

World English Bible
Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.

Young's Literal Translation
And under the expanse their wings are straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Divine Glory
22Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal. 23And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body. 24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 1:6
but each had four faces and four wings.

Ezekiel 1:11
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

their wings

Ezekiel 1:12,24
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went…

which

Ezekiel 1:11
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.

Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

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Ezekiel 1
1. The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.
4. His vision of four cherubim;
15. of the four wheels;
26. and of the glory of God.














(23) Two, which covered on this side.--The excessive literalness of this translation obscures the sense, for it seems to imply that each cherub used four wings to cover his body; whereas the true meaning is that "each had two wings covering his body on either side." The other two wings of each cherub were "straight," extended when they were in motion, but let down when at rest (Ezekiel 1:25).

Verse 23. - Under the firmament, etc. The description must be read as completing that of ver. 11. The two upper wings of the "living creatures" were not only stretched out, but they pointed to the azure canopy above them, not as sustaining it, but in the attitude of adoration. Nature, in all her life phenomena, adores the majesty of the Eternal.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And under
וְתַ֙חַת֙ (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the expanse,
הָרָקִ֔יעַ (hā·rā·qî·a‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7549: An expanse, the firmament, visible arch of the sky

their wings
כַּנְפֵיהֶ֣ם (kan·p̄ê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

stretched out
יְשָׁר֔וֹת (yə·šā·rō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

toward
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

one
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

another.
אֲחוֹתָ֑הּ (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Each one
לְאִ֗ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

also had two
שְׁתַּ֤יִם (šə·ta·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

wings covering
מְכַסּוֹת֙ (mə·ḵas·sō·wṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

its body.
גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃ (gə·wî·yō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1472: A body, corpse


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