Isaiah 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.
KJV
Seraphim stabant super illud : sex alæ uni, et sex alæ alteri ; duabus velabant faciem ejus, et duabus velabant pedes ejus, et duabus volabant.
Vulgate
καὶ σεραφεὶμ εἱστήκεισαν κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ, ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί, καὶ ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί· καὶ ταῖς μὲν δυσὶν κατεκάλυπτον τὸ πρόσωπον, ταῖς δὲ δυσὶν κατεκάλυπτον τοὺς πόδας, καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν ἐπέταντο.
LXX
Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
ASV
שְׂרָפִ֨ים עֹמְדִ֤ים מִ/מַּ֨עַל֙ ל֔/וֹ שֵׁ֧שׁ כְּנָפַ֛יִם שֵׁ֥שׁ כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְ/אֶחָ֑ד בִּ/שְׁתַּ֣יִם יְכַסֶּ֣ה פָנָ֗י/ו וּ/בִ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם יְכַסֶּ֥ה רַגְלָ֖י/ו וּ/בִ/שְׁתַּ֥יִם יְעוֹפֵֽף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1138"Recapitulated in Christ," these are the ones who take part in the service of the praise of God and the fulfillment of his plan: the heavenly powers, all creation (the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand),4 especially the martyrs "slain for the word of God," and t…
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. The vision of the divine majesty which Isaiah received at his calling is one of the most sublime passages in all of Scripture. The seraphim cry "Holy, holy, holy" — the threefold repetition pointing to the three persons of the Trinity. Isaiah's cry "Woe is me! for I am undone" shows…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 6:24 — And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 1Kgs 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the oth
- 1Kgs 8:7 — For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 1Kgs 22:19 — And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Dan 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
- Exod 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims b
- Exod 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- Ezek 1:6 — And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
- Ezek 1:9 — Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezek 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.
- Ezek 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.
- Ezek 1:24 — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their w
- 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.
- Heb 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
- Isa 6:6 — Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
- Isa 6:6 — Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
- Job 1:6 — Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- Luke 2:13 — And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
- Ps 18:10 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Ps 84:1 — How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
- Ps 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.
- Ps 103:20 — Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Ps 103:20 — Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Ps 104:4 — Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- Ps 113:6 — Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
- Ps 148:2 — Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
- Rev 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
- Rev 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
- Rev 7:11 — And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
- Rev 8:13 — And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three a
- Rev 14:6 — And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
- Zech 3:4 — And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clo
- Zech 3:4 — And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clo