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Ezekiel 1:8

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

KJV

Et manus hominis sub pennis eorum, in quatuor partibus : et facies et pennas per quatuor partes habebant.

Vulgate

καὶ χεὶρ ἀνθρώπου ὑποκάτωθεν τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη αὐτῶν· καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν τῶν τεσσάρων

LXX

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:

ASV

ו/יד/ו וִ/ידֵ֣י אָדָ֗ם מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֔ם עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רִבְעֵי/הֶ֑ם וּ/פְנֵי/הֶ֥ם וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֖ם לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ו
v
noun · 110×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רֶ֖בַע
rb'
noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 10:8 — And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
  • Ezek 10:21 — Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
  • 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.