Ezekiel 41:18
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
American King James Version (AKJV)
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
American Standard Version (ASV)
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And it had pictured forms of winged beings and palm-trees; a palm-tree between two winged ones, and every winged one had two faces;
Webster's Revision
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, so that a palm-tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
World English Bible
It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
English Revised Version (ERV)
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
Clarke's Ezekiel 41:18 Bible Commentary
A palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub - That is, the palm trees and the cherubs were alternated; and each cherub had two faces, one of a lion and the other of a man; one of which was turned to the palm tree on the right, the other to the palm tree on the left.
Barnes's Ezekiel 41:18 Bible Commentary
On the symbolism of the "cherubim" see Ezekiel 1:1 note ...
Every cherub had two faces - Not as in Ezekiel 1, "four faces." Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exodus 26:1; Exodus 36:8 were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had "two faces." The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation.
Wesley's Ezekiel 41:18 Bible Commentary
41:18 Cherubim - Generally taken for the portrait of angels, or young men with wings: yet is the description of them very different in different places; in Ezekiel's vision, Ezekiel 1:5 - 14 10:14, Isaiah's vision, Isaiah 6:2 , John's vision, Revelation 4:6 - 8, and in Solomon's temple, 1 Kings 6:23 - 26.
