And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was , and is , and is to come .
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Gill's Exposition
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him,.... As the seraphim in Isa 6:2 with two of which they might cover their faces as they did, testifying thereby their reverence of God, when in…
Barnes' Notes
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him - An emblem common to them all, denoting that, in reference to each and all the things here symbolized, there was one common characteristic -…
Adam Clarke
The four beasts had each of them six wings - I have already observed, in the preface to this book, that the phraseology is rabbinical; I might have added, and the imagery also. We have almost a…
We have considered the sights that the apostle saw in heaven: now let us observe the songs that he heard, for there is in heaven not only that to be seen which will highly please a sanctified eye, but…
Cambridge Bible
And the four beasts&c. Render, And the four living creatures, having each of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within:" i.e. the statement of Rev 4:4, that they are "full of eyes before…
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