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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 1:11 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 1:11	Strong Concordance	Thus were their faces [06440]: and their wings [03671] were stretched [06504] upward [04605]; two [08147] wings of every one [0376] were joined [02266] one [0376] to another [0376], and two [08147] covered [03680] their bodies [01472].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The tips of the two outstretched wings reached to one another, while the other two, in token of humble awe, formed a veil for the lower parts of the body. stretched upward--rather, "were parted from above" (compare Margin; see on Isa 6:2). The joining together of their wings above implies that, though the movements of Providence on earth may seem conflicting and confused, yet if one lift up his eyes to heaven, he will see that they admirably conspire towards the one end at last.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The tips of the two outstretched wings reached to one another, while the other two, in token of humble awe, formed a veil for the lower parts of the body.

stretched upward--rather, "were parted from above" (compare Margin; see on Isa 6:2). The joining together of their wings above implies that, though the movements of Providence on earth may seem conflicting and confused, yet if one lift up his eyes to heaven, he will see that they admirably conspire towards the one end at last.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Eze 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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Eze 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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

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.

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