Ezekiel 1:7 - Exposition

Their feet were straight feet, etc . The noun is probably used as including the lower part of the leg, and what is meant is that the legs were not bent, or kneeling. What we may call the bovine symbolism appears at the extremity, and the actual foot is round like a calf's. The LXX . curiously enough gives "their feet were winged ( πτερωτοὶ ) . " Burnished brass. Probably a shade less brilliant, or more ruddy, than the electrum of Ezekiel 1:4 (see note there).