| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1In my vision I saw what appeared to be a throne of blue lapis lazuli above the crystal surface over the heads of the cherubim. | 1Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. |
| 2Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched. | 2And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And he entered in my sight. |
| 3The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard. | 3Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court. |
| 4Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the entrance of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD. | 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD. |
| 5The moving wings of the cherubim sounded like the voice of God Almighty and could be heard even in the outer courtyard. | 5Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. |
| 6The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels. | 6It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," he entered and stood beside a wheel. |
| 7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took them and went out. | 7Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. |
| 8(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.) | 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings. |
| 9I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl. | 9Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone. |
| 10All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it. | 10As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel. |
| 11The cherubim could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside. | 11When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went. |
| 12Both the cherubim and the wheels were covered with eyes. The cherubim had eyes all over their bodies, including their hands, their backs, and their wings. | 12Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. |
| 13I heard someone refer to the wheels as “the whirling wheels.” | 13The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. |
| 14Each of the four cherubim had four faces: the first was the face of an ox, the second was a human face, the third was the face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle. | 14And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. |
| 15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River. | 15Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar. |
| 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them. | 16Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. |
| 17When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. | 17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them. |
| 18Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim. | 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. |
| 19And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the LORD’s Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. | 19When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD'S house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. |
| 20These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim, | 20These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. |
| 21for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings. | 21Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. |
| 22And their faces were just like the faces of the beings I had seen at the Kebar, and they traveled straight ahead, just as the others had. | 22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead. |
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