Parallel Verses
Amplified
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living being had two wings which covered its body on one side and on the other side.
New American Standard Bible
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had
King James Version
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
Holman Bible
And under the expanse their wings extended one toward another. Each of them also had two wings covering their bodies.
International Standard Version
and underneath the canopy, their wings spread out straight over their heads toward each other. They each also had two wings with which they covered themselves, one wing covering its body on one side and one wing covering itself on the other side.
A Conservative Version
And under the firmament their wings were straight, the one toward the other. Each one had two which covered their bodies on this side, and each one had two which covered on that side.
American Standard Version
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
Bible in Basic English
Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.
Darby Translation
And under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side their bodies.
Julia Smith Translation
And under the expansion their wings straight each to the other: to each, two, covering upon them, to each two covering to them their bodies.
King James 2000
And under the firmament were their wings spread out straight, the one toward the other: each one had two, which covered on this side, and each one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And under the expanse their wings [were stretched out] straight {one toward the other}; each had two [wings] covering them, and each had two [wings] covering their bodies.
Modern King James verseion
And under the expanse their wings were straight, the one toward the other. Each one had two wings covering on this side, and to each two covering on that side of their bodies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
under the same firmament were their wings laid abroad, one toward another, and two wings covered the body of every beast.
NET Bible
Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.
New Heart English Bible
Under the expanse their wings were straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
The Emphasized Bible
And under the expanse, their wings were straight, one towards another, - each one had two covering on this side, and each one had two covering on that side, their bodies.
Webster
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one towards the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
World English Bible
Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
Youngs Literal Translation
And under the expanse their wings are straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.
Interlinear
Kanaph
Yashar
Sh@nayim
שׁתּים שׁנים
Sh@nayim
two, twelve , both, twelfth , second, twain, both of them, twice, double,
Usage: 767
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 1:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Date Of Vision Of Living Creatures And Glory Of The Throne Of Yahweh
22
Now stretched over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, looking like the terrible and awesome shimmer of icy crystal.
23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living being had two wings which covered its body on one side and on the other side.
24
As they moved, I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of great [rushing] waters, like the voice of
Phrases
Cross References
Job 4:18
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
Psalm 89:7
A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?
Ezekiel 1:11-12
Such were their faces. Their wings were stretched out upward; two [wings] of each one were touching another [the wings of the beings on either side of it], and [the remaining] two [wings of each being] were covering their bodies.
Ezekiel 1:24
As they moved, I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of great [rushing] waters, like the voice of
Luke 17:10