Isaiah 6:2 KJV
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.
Words Then and Now
- twain two Still heard today: never the twain shall meet, the two will never meet Webster’s 1828 · Twain
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- seraphimsHeb. Burners. The word occurs only here. (See Scofield "Ezek 1:5"). The Seraphim are, in many respects, in contrast with the Cherubim, though both are...
Matthew Henry
- The vision which Isaiah beheld in the templeIn this figurative vision, the temple is thrown open to view, even to the most holy place. The prophet, standing outside the temple, sees the Divine Presence...
Thompson Chains
- TeraphimLink 6 of 8 · next Isaiah 6:6
- Godly ReverenceSee the chain from Exodus 3:5 · 6 links
Cross References
- Revelation 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
- Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- 1 Kings 6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- Isaiah 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
- Ezekiel 1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
- Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
- Genesis 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
- Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
- Exodus 25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
- Exodus 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- 1 Kings 6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 1 Kings 19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- 1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- Job 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
- Job 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- Psalms 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- Psalms 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- Ezekiel 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
- Ezekiel 1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezekiel 1:24 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.
- Ezekiel 10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
- Ezekiel 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Daniel 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
- Zechariah 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
- Luke 1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
- Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
- Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
- Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
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Topics
- Angel (a spirit) Of different orders
- Face Covering of Face
- God To Isaiah
- Isaiah Promises to the remnant restoration of divine favour
- Jesus, the Christ Jehovah of hosts
- Prophets Inspiration of Prophets
- Seraphim (Seraphs) Celestial beings
- Vision Of the Lord and his glory in the temple
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Above מִמַּעַל mimmaʿal מַעַל Adverb · with preposition
- it stood עֹמְדִים ʿōmĕdîm עָמַד Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
- the seraphims שְׂרָפִים śĕrāpîm שָׂרָף Noun · masculine plural
- each one לְאֶחָד lĕʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular · with preposition
- had six לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular שֵׁשׁ šēš שֵׁשׁ Number · feminine singular כְּנָפַיִם kĕnāpayim Noun · feminine dual שֵׁשׁ šēš שֵׁשׁ Number · feminine singular
- wings כְּנָפַיִם kĕnāpayim כָּנָף Noun · feminine dual
- with twain בִּשְׁתַּיִם bištayim שְׁנַיִם Number · feminine dual · with preposition
- he covered יְכַסֶּה yĕkassê כָּסָה Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- his face פָנָיו pānāyw פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and with twain וּבִשְׁתַּיִם ûbištayim שְׁנַיִם Number · feminine dual · with and, preposition
- he covered יְכַסֶּה yĕkassê כָּסָה Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- his feet רַגְלָיו raglāyw רֶגֶל Noun · feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and with twain וּבִשְׁתַּיִם ûbištayim שְׁנַיִם Number · feminine dual · with and, preposition
- he did fly יְעוֹפֵף yĕʿôpēp עוּף Verb · polel imperfect, third person masculine singular
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