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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 1:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 1:8	Strong Concordance	And they had the hands [03027] of a man [0120] under their wings [03671] on their four [0702] sides [07253]; and they four [0702] had their faces [06440] and their wings [03671].
	King James	And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

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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 hands of each were the hands of a man. The hand is the symbol of active power, guided by skilfulness (Psa 78:72). under their wings--signifying their operations are hidden from our too curious prying; and as the "wings" signify something more than human, namely, the secret prompting of God, it is also implied that they are moved by it and not by their own power, so that they do nothing at random, but all with divine wisdom. they four had . . . faces and . . . wings--He returns to what he had stated already in Eze 1:6; this gives a reason why they had hands on their four sides, namely, because they had faces and wings on the four sides. They moved whithersoever they would, not by active energy merely, but also by knowledge (expressed by their faces) and divine guidance (expressed by their "wings").

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

The hands of each were the hands of a man. The hand is the symbol of active power, guided by skilfulness (Psa 78:72).

under their wings--signifying their operations are hidden from our too curious prying; and as the "wings" signify something more than human, namely, the secret prompting of God, it is also implied that they are moved by it and not by their own power, so that they do nothing at random, but all with divine wisdom.

they four had . . . faces and . . . wings--He returns to what he had stated already in Eze 1:6; this gives a reason why they had hands on their four sides, namely, because they had faces and wings on the four sides. They moved whithersoever they would, not by active energy merely, but also by knowledge (expressed by their faces) and divine guidance (expressed by their "wings").

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Or, "They had the hands of a man under their wings on all four sides, just as they had wings and faces on all four sides."

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

Or, "They had the hands of a man under their wings on all four sides, just as they had wings and faces on all four sides."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Under - Their power and manner of exerting it is secret and invisible. Sides - On each side of the chariot one of these living creatures flood, and so on each side hands were ready to act as they were moved. They four - It is doubled to confirm the truth and certainty of the thing.

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

Under - Their power and manner of exerting it is secret and invisible. Sides - On each side of the chariot one of these living creatures flood, and so on each side hands were ready to act as they were moved. They four - It is doubled to confirm the truth and certainty of the thing.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They had the hands of a man under their wings - I doubt much whether the arms be not here represented as all covered with feathers, so that they had the appearance of wings, only the hand was bare; and I rather think that this is the meaning of their having "the hands of a man under their wings."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They had the hands of a man under their wings - I doubt much whether the arms be not here represented as all covered with feathers, so that they had the appearance of wings, only the hand was bare; and I rather think that this is the meaning of their having "the hands of a man under their wings."

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