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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.

KJV

Facies eorum et pennæ eorum extentæ desuper : duæ pennæ singulorum jungebantur, et duæ tegebant corpora eorum.

Vulgate

καὶ αἱ πτέρυγες αὐτῶν ἐκτεταμέναι ἄνωθεν τοῖς τέσσαρσιν, ἑκατέρῳ δύο συνεζευγμέναι πρὸς ἀλλήλας, καὶ δύο ἐπεκάλυπτον ἐπάνω τοῦ σώματος αὐτῶν.

LXX

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

ASV

וּ/פְנֵי/הֶ֕ם וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֥ם פְּרֻד֖וֹת מִ/לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה לְ/אִ֗ישׁ שְׁ֚תַּיִם חֹבְר֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ וּ/שְׁתַּ֣יִם מְכַסּ֔וֹת אֵ֖ת גְּוִיֹתֵי/הֶֽנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
ו
v
noun · 110×
חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת
chbrt
verb · 29×
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ
ytprdv
verb · 26×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
נוּ
nv
noun · 13×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 1:23 — 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.
  • Isa 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
  • Isa 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.