And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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.
Ver. 8. Full of eyes within] To look to themselves also as well as to the flock, Acts 20:28, lest while they preach to others, &c., 1 Corinthians 9:27 .
They rest not] Gr. They have no rest, and yet they have no unrest either, the sweet content they take in their continual employment is fitter to be believed than possible to be discoursed.
Holy, holy] This they double, treble, and warble upon, nine times over.