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Brenton's Septuagint

Ezekiel 10:12

And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wheel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cherub;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cherub (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Cherub, Cherubim;   Eye;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cherubim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Cherub;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Eye;   Wing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Body;   Cherubim (1);   Creature, Living;   Eye;   Living Creature;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chariot;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, wings, and the wheels that the four of them had, were full of eyes all around.
Hebrew Names Version
Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
King James Version
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
English Standard Version
And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had.
New American Standard Bible
And their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were covered with eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.
New Century Version
All their bodies, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all over. Each of the four living creatures had a wheel.
Amplified Bible
Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, even the wheels belonging to all four of them.
World English Bible
Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their whole bodie, and their rings, and their hands, and their wings, & the wheeles were full of eyes round about, euen in the same foure wheeles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.
Berean Standard Bible
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
Contemporary English Version
I also noticed that the wheels and the creatures' bodies, including their backs, their hands, and their wings, were covered with eyes.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their whole bodies, including their backs, hands and wings, and also the wheels, were full of eyes all around — even the wheels of the four k'ruvim.
Darby Translation
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four [and] their wheels.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were eyes all over their bodies. There were eyes on their backs, on their arms, on their wings, and on their wheels—on all four wheels!
George Lamsa Translation
And their whole body and their backs and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes when they turned on their sides.
Good News Translation
Their bodies, backs, hands, wings, and wheels were covered with eyes.
Lexham English Bible
And their whole body, and their rims, and their spokes, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels for the four of them.
Literal Translation
And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even their wheels which the four of them had.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their whole bodies, their backes, their hodes & wynges, yee & the wheles also, were all full of eyes rounde aboute them all foure.
American Standard Version
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Bible in Basic English
And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
King James Version (1611)
And their whole body, and their backes, and their handes, and their wings, and the wheeles, were ful of eyes round about, euen the wheeles that they foure had.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their whole bodyes, their backes, their handes, and wynges, yea and the wheeles also were full of eyes rounde about the foure wheeles.
English Revised Version
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the bodi of tho wheelis, and the neckis, and hondis, and wyngis of the beestis, and the cerclis, weren ful of iyen, in the cumpas of foure wheelis.
Update Bible Version
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that the four of them had.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, [were] full of eyes on every side, [even] the wheels that they four had.
New English Translation
along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.
New King James Version
And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around.
New Living Translation
Both the cherubim and the wheels were covered with eyes. The cherubim had eyes all over their bodies, including their hands, their backs, and their wings.
New Life Bible
And their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.
New Revised Standard
Their entire body, their rims, their spokes, their wings, and the wheels—the wheels of the four of them—were full of eyes all around.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all their flesh, and their back, and their hands and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, even their wheels which they four had
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands, and their wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the four wheels.
Revised Standard Version
And their rims, and their spokes, and the wheels were full of eyes round about--the wheels that the four of them had.
Young's Literal Translation
And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four [are] their wheels.

Contextual Overview

8 And I saw the cherubs having the likeness of men’s hands under their wings. 9 And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone. 10 And as for their appearance, there was one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went. 12 And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels. 13 And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing. 15 And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar. 16 And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not. 17 When they stood, the wheels stood; and when they mounted up, the wheels mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them. 18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

body: Heb. flesh

were: Ezekiel 1:18, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:8

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings,.... This is to be understood not of the wheels, to whom body or flesh, backs, hands, and wings, do not belong, but of the cherubim; and the sense is, that as the wheels were alike, and had one and the same form and appearance, so had the cherubim; they were exactly alike in their body, backs, hands, and wings; denoting the agreement between Gospel ministers, in their doctrine, work, and conversation:

and the wheels [were] full of eyes round about; that is, the rings or circles of the wheels, as in Ezekiel 1:18; signifying that churches consisted of enlightened persons, who had a sight of their sin and danger, and looked to Christ for salvation, and walked circumspectly, and watched over one another:

[even] the wheels that they four had: the wheels that belonged to the four living creatures or cherubim.


 
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