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| 1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. | 1I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of lapis lazuli above the vault that was over the heads of the cherubim. |
| 2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. | 2The LORD said to the man clothed in linen, "Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And as I watched, he went in. |
| 3Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. | 3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. |
| 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory. | 4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the LORD. |
| 5And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. | 5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. |
| 6And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. | 6When the LORD commanded the man in linen, "Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel. |
| 7And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. | 7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out. |
| 8And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. | 8(Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like human hands.) |
| 9And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. | 9I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like topaz. |
| 10And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. | 10As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel. |
| 11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. | 11As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went. |
| 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. | 12Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels. |
| 13As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. | 13I heard the wheels being called "the whirling wheels." |
| 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. | 14Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. |
| 15And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. | 15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River. |
| 16And 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. | 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side. |
| 17When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. | 17When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them. |
| 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. | 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. |
| 19And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. | 19While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. |
| 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. | 20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim. |
| 21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. | 21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands. |
| 22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. | 22Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one went straight ahead. |
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