Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So [were] their faces; their wings [were] spread out {upward}; each [had] two touching one another and two covering their bodies.
New American Standard Bible
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and
King James Version
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Holman Bible
That is what their faces were like. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching that of another and two wings covering its body.
International Standard Version
That's what their faces were like. Their wings spread out above and around them, one pair overlapping another, with one pair covering themselves.
A Conservative Version
And their faces and their wings were separate above, two [wings] of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
American Standard Version
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.
Darby Translation
And their faces and their wings were parted above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Julia Smith Translation
And their faces: and their wings spread out from above; to each of the two being joined each, and two covering their bodies.
King James 2000
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Modern King James verseion
So their faces were. And their wings were stretched upward; to each, the two wings of each one were joined; and two wings covered their bodies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their faces also and their wings were spread out above: so that two wings of one touched ever two wings of another, and with the other two they covered their body.
NET Bible
Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.
New Heart English Bible
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
The Emphasized Bible
and their wings were spread above, - two of each joined one another, and two covered their bodies;
Webster
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
World English Bible
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
Youngs Literal Translation
And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each are two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
Interlinear
Paniym
Kanaph
Parad
Ma`al
Sh@nayim
Chabar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Date Of Vision Of Living Creatures And Glory Of The Throne Of Yahweh
10 The likeness of their faces [was the] face of a human [in front], and [the] face of a lion on the right {of each of them}, and the face of an ox on the left {of each of them}, and [the] face of an eagle {for each of them}. 11 So [were] their faces; their wings [were] spread out {upward}; each [had] two touching one another and two covering their bodies. 12 And each {went straight forward}; {wherever the spirit went} they went, [and] {they did not turn as they went}.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:2
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.
Ezekiel 1:23
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.
Ezekiel 10:16
And {when the cherubim went}, the wheels beside them went; and {when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise up from the earth}, the wheels also did not turn aside from beside them.
Ezekiel 10:19
And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and they rose from the earth before my eyes. At their going out, the wheels [were] beside them. And he stood [at] the doorway of the eastern gate of the temple of Yahweh, and the glory of the God of Israel {was over them}.