Now it came to pass in the thirtieth
year,
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.
thirtieth
τριακοστῷ
triakostō
Chobar
Χοβαρ
chobar
In the fifth
day of the month,
which was the fifth
year
of king
Jehoiachin's
captivity,
The 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 the hand
of the LORD
was there upon him.
Iezekiēl
Ιεζεκιηλ
iezekiēl
Bouzi
Βουζι
bouzi
Chobar
Χοβαρ
chobar
And I looked,
and, behold, a whirlwind
came
out of the north,
a great
cloud,
and a fire
infolding
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.
amber
ἠλέκτρου
ēlektrou
Also out of the midst
thereof came the likeness
of four
living creatures.
And this was their appearance;
they
had the likeness
of a man.
And every one
had four
faces,
and every one
had four
wings.
And 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 burnished
brass.
And they had the hands
of a man
under their wings
on their four
sides;
and they four
had their faces
and their wings.
Their wings
were joined
one
to another;
they turned
not when they went;
they went
every one
straight
forward.
As for the likeness
of their faces,
they four
had the face
of a man,
and the face
of a lion,
on the right side:
and they four
had the face
of an ox
on the left side;
they four
also had the face
of an eagle.
Thus were their faces:
and their wings
were stretched
upward;
two
wings of every one
were joined
one
to another,
and two
covered
their bodies.
each individually
ἑκατέρῳ
hekaterō
And they went
every one
straight
forward:
whither the spirit
was to go,
they went;
and they turned
not when they went.
As for the likeness
of the living creatures,
their appearance
was like burning
coals
of fire,
and like the appearance
of lamps:
it went up and down
among the living creatures;
and the fire
was bright,
and out of the fire
went forth
lightning.
And the living creatures
ran
and returned
as the appearance
of a flash of lightning.
Now as I beheld
the living creatures,
behold one
wheel
upon the earth
by
the living creatures,
with his four
faces.
The appearance
of the wheels
and their work
was like unto the colour
of a beryl:
and they four
had one
likeness:
and their appearance
and their work
was as it were a wheel
in the middle
of a wheel.
precious stone
θαρσις
tharsis
When they went,
they went
upon their four
sides:
and they turned
not when they went.
As for their rings,
they were so high
that they were dreadful;
and their rings
were full
of eyes
round about
them four.
And when the living creatures
went,
the wheels
went
by them:
and when the living creatures
were lifted up
from the earth,
the wheels
were lifted up.
Whithersoever the spirit
was to go,
they went,
thither was their spirit
to go;
and the wheels
were lifted up
over against
them: for the spirit
of the living creature
was in the wheels.
When those went,
these went;
and when those stood,
these stood;
and when those were lifted up
from the earth,
the wheels
were lifted up
over against
them: for the spirit
of the living creature
was in the wheels.
And the likeness
of the firmament
upon the heads
of the living creature
was as the colour
of the terrible
crystal,
stretched forth
over their heads
above.
And under the firmament
were their wings
straight,
the one
toward the other:
every one
had two,
which covered
on this side,
and every one
had two,
which covered
on that side,
their bodies.
clap the wings
πτερυσσόμεναι
pteryssomenai
And when they went,
I heard
the noise
of their wings,
like the noise
of great
waters,
as the voice
of the Almighty,
the voice
of speech,
as the noise
of an host:
when they stood,
they let down
their wings.
And there was a voice
from the firmament
that was over their heads,
when they stood,
and had let down
their wings.
And above
the firmament
that was over their heads
was the likeness
of a throne,
as the appearance
of a sapphire
stone:
and upon the likeness
of the throne
was the likeness
as the appearance
of a man
above
upon it.
And I saw
as the colour
of amber,
as the appearance
of fire
round about
within
it, from the appearance
of his loins
even upward,
and from the appearance
of his loins
even downward,
I saw
as it were the appearance
of fire,
and it had brightness
round about.
amber
ἠλέκτρου
ēlektrou
As the appearance
of the bow
that is in the cloud
in 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 that spake.
