| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision. | 1Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. |
| 2(On the fifth day of the month--it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile-- | 2(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile, |
| 3the word of the LORD came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the LORD came on him there). | 3the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came upon him.) |
| 4As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north--an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire. | 4As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire. |
| 5In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form, | 5Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form. |
| 6but each had four faces and four wings. | 6Each of them had four faces and four wings. |
| 7Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves' feet. They gleamed like polished bronze. | 7Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze. |
| 8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, | 8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, |
| 9their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. | 9their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. |
| 10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle. | 10As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. |
| 11Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies. | 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. |
| 12Each moved straight ahead--wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. | 12And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. |
| 13In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire. | 13In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. |
| 14The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning. | 14And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. |
| 15Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings. | 15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. |
| 16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. | 16The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. |
| 17When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved. | 17Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. |
| 18Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around. | 18As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about. |
| 19When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too. | 19Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. |
| 20Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. | 20Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. |
| 21When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. | 21Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. |
| 22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads. | 22Now over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads. |
| 23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body. | 23Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. |
| 24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings--it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. | 24I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. |
| 25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. | 25And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. |
| 26Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. | 26Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man. |
| 27I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, | 27Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. |
| 28like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking. | 28As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking. |
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