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Ezekiel 1:8

Ezekiel 1:8
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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.”

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

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;…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 1:4-14

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

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…