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their wings were touching one another;[a] each of them went straight forward,[b] without turning right or left.[c] 10 The likeness of their faces was the face of a human in front, and the face of a lion on the right of each of them,[d] and the face of an ox on the left of each of them,[e] and the face of an eagle for each of them.[f] 11 So were their faces; their wings were spread out upward;[g] each had two touching one another and two covering their bodies.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:9 Literally “their wings were touching each her sister”
  2. Ezekiel 1:9 Literally “they did not turn at their going”
  3. Ezekiel 1:9 Literally “each toward the side of his face they went”
  4. Ezekiel 1:10 Literally “of the four of them”
  5. Ezekiel 1:10 Literally “of the four of them”
  6. Ezekiel 1:10 Literally “of the four of them”
  7. Ezekiel 1:11 Literally “from to above”

and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.(A)

10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.(B) 11 Such were their faces. They each had two wings(C) spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.

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