Ezekiel 1:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Barnes's Ezekiel 1:11 Bible Commentary
Thus ... - Rather, And their faces and their wings were separated above. All four formed a whole, yet the upper parts of each, the heads and the wings (though touching), rose distinct from one another. Two wings of each, as in the case of Isaiah's Seraphim, were folded down over the body: and two were in their flight Ezekiel 1:9 "stretched upward" parted) so as to meet, each a wing of the neighboring living creature, just as the wings of the cherubim touched one another over the mercy-seat of the ark.
Wesley's Ezekiel 1:11 Bible Commentary
1:11 Divided - So each face appeared distinct above the shoulders, and there the wings divided from each other were united to the body of the living creature.
