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Ezekiel 10:12
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records a vision of the cherubim and their connected wheels within the temple court.
The words — מְלֵאִים (me.le.'Im) means "full," and עֵינָיִם ('ei.Na.yim) means "eyes," denoting the complete sensory coverage of the creatures and their wheels.
The thread — This imagery of eyes covering divine beings and their mechanisms appears in Ezekiel 1:18 and Revelation 4:8.
Why it lands — The text presents a reality that perceives all directions simultaneously, demanding acknowledgment of a presence that operates without physical constraint or blind spots.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 1:18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
- Revelation 4:6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Revelation 4:8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”