Ezekiel 10:8

8 And [there] appeared for the cherubim [the] form of {a human hand} under their wings.

Ezekiel 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 10:8

And there appeared in the cherubim
The Septuagint version is, "I saw the cherubim"; and so the Syriac version, "I saw in the cherubim"; what follows: the form of a man's hand under their wings;
one of them put forth his hand, which was seen by the prophet, as declared in ( Ezekiel 10:7 ) ; but this was only the "form" of one; which is observed to show that it is not to be taken literally, but as seen in the vision of prophecy; and being under their wings denotes secrecy and privacy: and the whole being applied to the ministers of the word is expressive of their activity and diligence in the work of the Lord, both in private and in public; and that they make no boast nor show of their works and labours, and ascribe nothing to themselves, but all to the grace of God that is with them, ( 1 Corinthians 15:10 ) ; (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:8).

Ezekiel 10:8 In-Context

6 And then at his command to the man clothed in linen, {saying}, "Take fire from among the wheel area from among the cherubim," he went and stood beside the wheel.

7 Then the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim toward the fire that [was] among the cherubim, and he lifted up and gave [it] into the hollow of the hand of [the man] clothed with linen, and he took [it], and he went out.

8 And [there] appeared for the cherubim [the] form of {a human hand} under their wings.

9 And I saw, and look, four wheels beside the cherubim, {one wheel beside each cherub}, and the appearance of the wheels [was] like [the] outward appearance of {turquoise stone}.

10 Their appearance {was the same for each of the four of them}, as if the wheel was in the midst of a wheel.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to"
• [b] Literally "a hand of a man"