1 ¶ Now it came to pass at thirty years, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that 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 I n the fifth day of the month, which was 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 unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came 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 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, and a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, 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 lso out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of man.

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

6 A nd each one had four faces, and four wings.

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

7 A nd their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like the colour of highly burnished brass.

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 their faces and their wings on all four sides.

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

9 W ith their wings they joined one to another; they did not return when they went; they went each one straight in the direction they were facing.

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

10 A nd the likeness of their faces was human faces; and lion faces, on the right side; and they four had ox faces on the left side; likewise they four had eagle faces.

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 T hus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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 each one straight forward in the direction they were facing: wherever the Spirit directed them to go, they went; and they did not return 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 A s for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire and like the appearance of lit torches; the fire went up and down among the living creatures and the brightness of the fire; 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 ran and turned as the appearance of lightnings.

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

15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold a wheel upon the earth with its four rims by the living creatures.

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

16 T he appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a stone of Tarsis or beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their workmanship was as it were a wheel in the middle of 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 upon their four sides: and they did not return when they went.

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

18 A nd their ribs were high and dreadful, and full of eyes round about them in all four.

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 with 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 wished to go, they went; wherever the spirit directed them, the wheels also rose up after them: for the spirit of the living creatures 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 after them: for the spirit of the living creatures 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 A nd over the heads of each living creature there appeared a heaven like a marvellous crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

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 heaven their wings were straight, one toward the other: each one had two, and another two which covered their bodies.

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 noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went; the voice of the word, as the voice of an army. 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 heard a voice from the heaven that was over their heads, when they stood, and had 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 ¶ And above the heaven that was over their heads was the figure of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the figure of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man seated upon it.

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 A nd I saw something that looked like the colour of amber, that appeared to have fire round about within it, which could be seen from his loins upward; and from his loins downward, I saw what looked like fire, and it had brightness round about

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 t hat looked like the bow of heaven that is in the clouds in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And I saw it and fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

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