1 N ow in thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of captivity beside the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, in the fifth of the month, and I in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.

2 O n the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --

3 T he word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.

4 A s I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud with a fire enveloping it and flashing continually; a brightness was about it and out of the midst of it there seemed to glow amber metal, out of the midst of the fire.

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

5 A nd out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man,

And out of its midst a likeness of four living creatures, and this their appearance; a likeness of man to them,

6 B ut each one had four faces and each one had four wings.

and four faces to each, and four wings to each of them,

7 A nd their legs were straight legs, and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot, and they sparkled like burnished bronze.

and their feet straight feet, and the sole of their feet as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;

8 A nd they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. And the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

and hands of man under their wings -- on their four sides, and their faces and their wings -- to them four;

9 T heir wings touched one another; they turned not when they went but went every one straight forward.

joining one unto another their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

10 A s for the likeness of their faces, they each had the face of a man, and each had the face of a lion on the right side and the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle.

As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right to them four, and the face of an ox on the left to them four, and the face of an eagle to them four.

11 S uch were their faces. And their wings were stretched out upward; two wings of each one were touching the wing of the creatures on either side of it, and two wings of each creature covered its body.

And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

12 A nd they went every one straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, and they turned not when they went.

And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.

13 I n the midst of the living creatures there was what looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; the fire was bright and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances as coals of fire -- burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.

14 A nd the living creatures darted back and forth like a flash of lightning.

And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

15 N ow as I was still looking at the living creatures, I saw one wheel upon the ground beside each of the living creatures with its four faces.

And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

16 A s to the appearance of the wheels and their construction: in appearance they gleamed like chrysolite; and the four were formed alike, and their construction work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

The appearance of the wheels and their works as the colour of beryl, and one likeness to them four, and their appearances and their works as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.

17 W hen they went, they went in one of their four directions without turning.

On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.

18 A s for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful, and the four had their rims full of eyes round about.

As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings full of eyes round about them four.

19 A nd when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.

20 W herever the spirit went, the creatures went and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit or life of the living creature was in the wheels.

Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit in the wheels.

21 W hen those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up high beside them, for the spirit or life of the living creature was in the wheels.

In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit in the wheels.

22 O ver the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.

And a likeness over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.

23 A nd under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living creature had two wings which covered its body on this side and two which covered it on that side.

And under the expanse their wings straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.

24 A nd when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, the sound of tumult like the noise of a host. When they stood, they let down their wings.

And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going -- the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let fall their wings.

25 A nd there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads; when they stood, they let down their wings.

And there is a voice from above the expanse, that above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.

26 A nd above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne in appearance like a sapphire stone, and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with the appearance of a Man.

And above the expanse that over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

27 F rom what had the appearance of His waist upward, I saw a lustre as it were glowing metal with the appearance of fire enclosed round about within it; and from the appearance of His waist downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about Him.

And I see as the colour of copper, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness to it round about.

28 L ike the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face and I heard a voice of One speaking.

As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so the appearance of the brightness round about.