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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Gill's Exposition
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides,.... "Hands of a man" denote action, according to knowledge; ministers of the Gospel are men of practice and business, as well as…
Barnes' Notes
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.”
Adam Clarke
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;…
The visions of God which Ezekiel here saw were very glorious, and had more particulars than those which other prophets saw. It is the scope and intention of these vision, 1. To possess the prophet's…
Cambridge Bible
Each living creature appears to have had four hands or arms, cf. ch. Eze 10:21. The last words of Eze 1:1 must be joined with Eze 1:1: "and their faces and their wings, of them four their wings were…
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