Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. 2 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. 3 And this one hath called unto that, and hath said: 'Holy, Holy, Holy, is Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth is His glory.'


Cross References

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within are full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'

Psalm 103:20

Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

Ezekiel 1:11

And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each are two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

Genesis 17:3

And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

Exodus 3:6

He saith also, 'I am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.

Exodus 25:20

And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces are one towards another -- towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

Exodus 37:9

and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces are one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

1 Kings 6:24

and five cubits is the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;

1 Kings 6:27

and he setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings are unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;

1 Kings 8:7

for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

1 Kings 19:13

and it cometh to pass, at Elijah's hearing it, that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him is a voice, and it saith, 'What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

1 Kings 22:19

And he saith, 'Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;

Job 1:6

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

Job 4:18

Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

Job 15:15

Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

Psalm 18:10

And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.

Psalm 89:7

God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

Psalm 104:4

Making His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire.

Isaiah 6:6

And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken it from off the altar,)

Ezekiel 1:4

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:6

and four faces are to each, and four wings are to each of them,

Ezekiel 1:9

joining one unto another are their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

Ezekiel 1:24

And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going -- the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let fall their wings.

Ezekiel 10:16

And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being beside them.

Ezekiel 10:21

Four faces are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is under their wings.

Daniel 7:10

A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, a thousand thousands do serve Him, and a myriad of myriads before Him do rise up, the Judge is seated, and the books have been opened.

Daniel 9:21

yea, while I am speaking in prayer, then that one Gabriel, whom I had seen in vision at the commencement, being caused to fly swiftly, is coming unto me at the time of the evening present.

Zechariah 3:4

And he answereth and speaketh unto those standing before him, saying: 'Turn aside the filthy garments from off him.' And he saith unto him, 'See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass away from off thee, so as to clothe thee with costly apparel.'

Luke 1:10

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

Hebrews 1:7

and unto the messengers, indeed, He saith, 'Who is making His messengers spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire;'

Revelation 7:11

And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

Revelation 8:13

And I saw, and I heard one messenger, flying in the mid-heaven, saying with a great voice, 'Woe, woe, woe, to those dwelling upon the land from the rest of the voices of the trumpet of the three messengers who are about to sound.'

Revelation 14:6

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

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