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Ezekiel 1:10

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

KJV

Similitudo autem vultus eorum, facies hominis et facies leonis a dextris ipsorum quatuor, facies autem bovis a sinistris ipsorum quatuor, et facies aquilæ desuper ipsorum quatuor.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁμοίωσις τῶν προσώπων αὐτῶν· πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπου καὶ πρόσωπον λέοντος ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῖς τέσσαρσιν, καὶ πρόσωπον μόσχου ἐξ ἀριστερῶν τοῖς τέσσαρσιν, καὶ πρόσωπον ἀετοῦ τοῖς τέσσαρσιν,

LXX

As 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.

ASV

וּ/דְמ֣וּת פְּנֵי/הֶם֮ פְּנֵ֣י אָדָם֒ וּ/פְנֵ֨י אַרְיֵ֤ה אֶל הַ/יָּמִין֙ לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔/ם וּ/פְנֵי שׁ֥וֹר מֵֽ/הַ/שְּׂמֹ֖אול לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ן וּ/פְנֵי נֶ֖שֶׁר לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ן

Hebrew

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In this verse

Symbols Ox

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
דְּמ֣וּת
dmvt
noun · 25×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
וֹ
v
noun · 54×
נֶּ֨שֶׁר֙
nshr
noun · 26×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שׁ֥וֹר
shvr
noun · 77×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:9 — For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
  • 2Chr 4:3 — And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
  • Ezek 10:14 — And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a 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.
  • Ezek 10:22 — And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
  • Ezek 41:19 — So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
  • Rev 4:7 — And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
  • Rev 4:7 — And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.