Ezekiel 1:4-14

4 And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, [a] and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass, [b] out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled as the look of burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings:
9 their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.
11 And their faces and [c] their wings were parted above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
13 And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches: [d] it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or 'mingled,' as Ex. 9.24.
  • [b]. An unknown substance; some think a mixture of gold and silver: so in ver. 27; and ch. 8.2; see Rev. 1.15.
  • [c]. Or 'So were their faces; and.'
  • [d]. Or 'flames.'
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