Parallel Verses

Amplified

Above Him seraphim (heavenly beings) stood; each one had six wings: with two wings he covered his face, with two wings he covered his feet, and with two wings he flew.

New American Standard Bible

Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

King James Version

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Holman Bible

Seraphim were standing above Him; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

International Standard Version

The seraphim stood above him. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he was flying.

A Conservative Version

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings, with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

American Standard Version

Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Bible in Basic English

Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight.

Darby Translation

Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.

Julia Smith Translation

And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly.

King James 2000

Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Seraphs [were] standing above him. {Each had six wings}: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Modern King James verseion

Above it stood the seraphs; each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

From above flickered the Seraphims, whereof every one had six wings: With twain each covered his face, with twain his feet, and with twain did he fly.

NET Bible

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

New Heart English Bible

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

The Emphasized Bible

Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one, - With twain, he covered his face And with twain, he covered his feet And with twain, he did fly.

Webster

Above it stood seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

World English Bible

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Youngs Literal Translation

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two each covereth its face, and with two each covereth its feet, and with two each flieth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the seraphims
שׂרף 
Saraph 
Usage: 7

אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

with twain
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

he covered
כּסה 
Kacah 
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152
Usage: 152

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

and with twain
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767
Usage: 767

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

Isaiah's Commission

1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw [in a vision] the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, with the train of His royal robe filling the [most holy part of the] temple. 2 Above Him seraphim (heavenly beings) stood; each one had six wings: with two wings he covered his face, with two wings he covered his feet, and with two wings he flew. 3 And one called out to another, saying,

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is filled with His glory.”


Cross References

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,

Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God].”

Psalm 103:20


Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!

Ezekiel 1:11

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.

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram fell on his face [in worship], and God spoke with him, saying,

Exodus 3:6

Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 25:20

The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim are to be looking downward toward the mercy seat.

Exodus 37:9

The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering and protecting the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were [looking downward] toward the mercy seat.

1 Kings 6:24

One wing of the cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was also five cubits long; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.

1 Kings 6:27

He put the cherubim [above the ark] inside the innermost room of the house, and their wings were spread out so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall; and their inner wings were touching each other in the middle of the house.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its [carrying] poles from above.

1 Kings 19:13

When Elijah heard the sound, he wrapped his face in his mantle (cloak) and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

Job 1:6

Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.

Job 4:18


‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.

Job 15:15


“Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels);
Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—

Psalm 18:10


And He rode upon a cherub (storm) and flew;
And He sped on the wings of the wind.

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?

Psalm 104:4


Who makes winds His messengers,
Flames of fire His ministers.

Isaiah 6:6

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core [there was] something like glowing [amber-colored] metal in the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:6

Each one had four faces and four wings.

Ezekiel 1:9

their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.

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 the Almighty, the sound of tumult like the noise of an army camp. Whenever they came to a stop, they lowered their wings.

Ezekiel 10:16

Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the earth, the wheels would remain beside them.

Ezekiel 10:21

Each one had four faces and each one had four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.

Daniel 7:10


“A river of fire was flowing
And coming out from before Him;
A thousand thousands were attending Him,
And ten thousand times ten thousand were standing before Him;
The court was seated,
And the books were opened.

Daniel 9:21

while I was still speaking in prayer and extremely exhausted, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Zechariah 3:4

He spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And He said to Joshua, “See, I have caused your wickedness to be taken away from you, and I will clothe and beautify you with rich robes [of forgiveness].”

Luke 1:10

And all the congregation was praying outside [in the court of the temple] at the hour of the incense offering.

Hebrews 1:7

And concerning the angels He says,

Who makes His angels winds,
And His ministering servants flames of fire [to do His bidding].”

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the [twenty-four] elders and the four living creatures; and they fell to their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 8:13

Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle flying in midheaven [for all to see], saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe [great wrath is coming] to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets which the three angels are about to sound [announcing ever greater judgments]!”

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to preach to the inhabitants of the earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people;

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