Verse 10
Ezekiel 1:10
New Living Translation
10
Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the back.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/דְמ֣וּת פְּנֵי/הֶם֮ פְּנֵ֣י אָדָם֒ וּ/פְנֵ֨י אַרְיֵ֤ה אֶל הַ/יָּמִין֙ לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔/ם וּ/פְנֵי שׁ֥וֹר מֵֽ/הַ/שְּׂמֹ֖אול לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ן וּ/פְנֵי נֶ֖שֶׁר לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ן
English Translation
And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side, for the four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side, for the four of them; and the face of an eagle for the four of them.
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