Isaiah 6:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Praise the LORD, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!
  • Isa 6:6 : 6 But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.
  • 1 Kgs 6:24 : 24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.
  • Rev 7:11 : 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,
  • Ezek 1:11 : 11 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.
  • Ezek 1:24 : 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings– it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
  • Ezek 10:16 : 16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.
  • Ezek 10:21 : 21 Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.
  • Dan 7:10 : 10 A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
  • Dan 9:21 : 21 yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering.
  • Zech 3:4 : 4 The angel spoke up to those standing all around,“Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua,“I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing.”
  • Luke 1:10 : 10 Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
  • Heb 1:7 : 7 And he says of the angels,“He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire,”
  • Rev 8:13 : 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying directly overhead, proclaiming with a loud voice,“Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!”
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 Three Angels and Three Messages Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth– to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
  • Ezek 1:6 : 6 but each had four faces and four wings.
  • Ezek 1:9 : 9 their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.
  • 1 Kgs 6:27 : 27 He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.
  • 1 Kgs 8:7 : 7 The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  • 1 Kgs 19:13 : 13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him,“Why are you here, Elijah?”
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.
  • Job 1:6 : 6 Satan’s Accusation of Job Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD– and Satan also arrived among them.
  • Job 4:18 : 18 If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,
  • Job 15:15 : 15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
  • Ps 18:10 : 10 He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?
  • Ps 104:4 : 4 He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.
  • Gen 17:3 : 3 Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Exod 25:20 : 20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
  • Exod 37:9 : 9 The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
  • Ezek 1:4 : 4 As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north– an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1Isaiah’s Commission In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

  • Isa 6:3-7
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    3They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

    4The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

    5I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

    6But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

    7He touched my mouth with it and said,“Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”

  • Ezek 1:5-11
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    5In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,

    6but each had four faces and four wings.

    7Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.

    8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

    9their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

    10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle.

    11Their 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.

  • Ezek 1:22-26
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    22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

    23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

    24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings– it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

    25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

    26Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

  • 8Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”

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    11The combined wing span of the cherubim was 30 feet. One of the first cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings.

    12Likewise one of the second cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub’s wings.

    13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.

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    26Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

    27He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.

    28He plated the cherubim with gold.

  • 21Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.

  • 24Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

  • 22Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • 9The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • 12along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.

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    6The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    7The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • 20The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • Ezek 10:5-6
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    5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the Sovereign God when he speaks.

    6When the LORD commanded the man dressed in linen,“Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.

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    18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    19The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched(when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • 11He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

  • 8(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

  • 10He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

  • 8The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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    14Each of the cherubim had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

    15The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

    16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

  • 6and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

  • Ezek 10:1-2
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    1God’s Glory Leaves the Temple As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

    2The LORD said to the man dressed in linen,“Go between the wheelwork underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

  • 19When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.

  • 13In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

  • 15Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.