1 A nd 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.

Now 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 I n the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --

(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile,

3 h ath 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.

the 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.)

4 A nd 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.

As 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.

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

Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.

6 a nd four faces to each, and four wings to each of them,

Each of them had four faces and four wings.

7 a nd 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;

Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze.

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

Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

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

their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.

10 A s 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.

As 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.

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

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

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

And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

13 A s 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.

In 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.

14 A nd the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

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

Now 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.

16 T he 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.

The 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.

17 O n their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.

Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.

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

As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about.

19 A nd 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.

Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also.

20 W hither 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.

Wherever 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.

21 I n 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.

Whenever 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. Vision of Divine Glory

22 A nd 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.

Now over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads.

23 A nd 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.

Under 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.

24 A nd 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.

I 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.

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

And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

26 A nd 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.

Now 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.

27 A nd 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.

Then 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.

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

As 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.