King James Version
Ezekiel 1:25 in the King James Version says “And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.”
Ezekiel 1:25 · KJV
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“from the firmament”
H7549properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“that was over their heads”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“when they stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“their wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
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