1:1 | Now it came to pass in the thirtieth <07970> year <08141>, in the fourth <07243> [month], in the fifth <02568> [day] of the month <02320>, as I [was] among <08432> the captives <01473> by the river <05104> of Chebar <03529>, [that] the heavens <08064> were opened <06605> (8738), and I saw <07200> (8799) visions <04759> of God <0430>. {captives: Heb. captivity} |
1:2 | In the fifth <02568> [day] of the month <02320>, which [was] the fifth <02549> year <08141> of king <04428> Jehoiachin's <03112> captivity <01546>, |
1:3 | The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came expressly unto Ezekiel <03168> the priest <03548>, the son <01121> of Buzi <0941>, in the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778> by the river <05104> Chebar <03529>; and the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was there upon him. {Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel} |
1:4 | And I looked <07200> (8799), and, behold, a whirlwind <07307> <05591> came <0935> (8802) out of the north <06828>, a great <01419> cloud <06051>, and a fire <0784> infolding <03947> (8693) itself, and a brightness <05051> [was] about <05439> it, and out of the midst <08432> thereof as the colour <05869> of amber <02830>, out of the midst <08432> of the fire <0784>. {infolding...: Heb. catching itself} |
1:5 | Also out of the midst <08432> thereof [came] the likeness <01823> of four <0702> living creatures <02416>. And this [was] their appearance <04758>; they <02007> had the likeness <01823> of a man <0120>. |
1:6 | And every one <0259> had four <0702> faces <06440>, and every one <0259> had four <0702> wings <03671>. |
1:7 | And their feet <07272> [were] straight <03477> feet <07272>; and the sole <03709> of their feet <07272> [was] like the sole <03709> of a calf's <05695> foot <07272>: and they sparkled <05340> (8802) like the colour <05869> of burnished <07044> brass <05178>. {straight...: Heb. a straight foot} |
1:8 | And [they had] the hands <03027> of a man <0120> under their wings <03671> on their four <0702> sides <07253>; and they four <0702> had their faces <06440> and their wings <03671>. |
1:9 | Their wings <03671> [were] joined <02266> (8802) one <0802> to another <0269>; they turned <05437> (8735) not when they went <03212> (8800); they went <03212> (8799) every one <0376> straight <05676> forward <06440>. |
1:10 | As for the likeness <01823> of their faces <06440>, they four <0702> had the face <06440> of a man <0120>, and the face <06440> of a lion <0738>, on the right side <03225>: and they four <0702> had the face <06440> of an ox <07794> on the left side <08040>; they four <0702> also had the face <06440> of an eagle <05404>. |
1:11 | Thus [were] their faces <06440>: and their wings <03671> [were] stretched <06504> (8803) upward <04605>; two <08147> [wings] of every one <0376> [were] joined <02266> (8802) one <0376> to another <0376>, and two <08147> covered <03680> (8764) their bodies <01472>. {stretched...: or, divided above} |
1:12 | And they went <03212> (8799) every one <0376> straight <05676> forward <06440>: whither the spirit <07307> was to go <03212> (8800), they went <03212> (8799); [and] they turned <05437> (8735) not when they went <03212> (8800). |
1:13 | As for the likeness <01823> of the living creatures <02416>, their appearance <04758> [was] like burning <01197> (8802) coals <01513> of fire <0784>, [and] like the appearance <04758> of lamps <03940>: it went up and down <01980> (8693) among the living creatures <02416>; and the fire <0784> was bright <05051>, and out of the fire <0784> went forth <03318> (8802) lightning <01300>. |
1:14 | And the living creatures <02416> ran <07519> (8800) and returned <07725> (8800) as the appearance <04758> of a flash of lightning <0965>. |
1:15 | Now as I beheld <07200> (8799) the living creatures <02416>, behold one <0259> wheel <0212> upon the earth <0776> by <0681> the living creatures <02416>, with his four <0702> faces <06440>. |
1:16 | The appearance <04758> of the wheels <0212> and their work <04639> [was] like unto the colour <05869> of a beryl <08658>: and they four <0702> had one <0259> likeness <01823>: and their appearance <04758> and their work <04639> [was] as it were a wheel <0212> in the middle <08432> of a wheel <0212>. |
1:17 | When they went <03212> (8800), they went <03212> (8799) upon their four <0702> sides <07253>: [and] they turned <05437> (8735) not when they went <03212> (8800). |
1:18 | As for their rings <01354>, they were so high <01363> that they were dreadful <03374>; and their rings <01354> [were] full <04392> of eyes <05869> round about <05439> them four <0702>. {and their rings: or, and their strakes} |
1:19 | And when the living creatures <02416> went <03212> (8800), the wheels <0212> went <03212> (8799) by them <0681>: and when the living creatures <02416> were lifted up <05375> (8736) from the earth <0776>, the wheels <0212> were lifted up <05375> (8735). |
1:20 | Whithersoever the spirit <07307> was to go <03212> (8800), they went <03212> (8799), thither [was their] spirit <07307> to go <03212> (8800); and the wheels <0212> were lifted up <05375> (8735) over against <05980> them: for the spirit <07307> of the living creature <02416> [was] in the wheels <0212>. {of...: or, of life} |
1:21 | When those went <03212> (8800), [these] went <03212> (8799); and when those stood <05975> (8800), [these] stood <05975> (8799); and when those were lifted up <05375> (8736) from the earth <0776>, the wheels <0212> were lifted up <05375> (8735) over against <05980> them: for the spirit <07307> of the living creature <02416> [was] in the wheels <0212>. {of...: or, of life} |
1:22 | And the likeness <01823> of the firmament <07549> upon the heads <07218> of the living creature <02416> [was] as the colour <05869> of the terrible <03372> (8737) crystal <07140>, stretched forth <05186> (8803) over their heads <07218> above <04605>. |
1:23 | And under the firmament <07549> [were] their wings <03671> straight <03477>, the one <0802> toward the other <0269>: every one <0376> had two <08147>, which covered <03680> (8764) on this side <02007>, and every one <0376> had two <08147>, which covered <03680> (8764) on that side <02007>, their bodies <01472>. |
1:24 | And when they went <03212> (8800), I heard <08085> (8799) the noise <06963> of their wings <03671>, like the noise <06963> of great <07227> waters <04325>, as the voice <06963> of the Almighty <07706>, the voice <06963> of speech <01999>, as the noise <06963> of an host <04264>: when they stood <05975> (8800), they let down <07503> (8762) their wings <03671>. |
1:25 | And there was a voice <06963> from the firmament <07549> that [was] over their heads <07218>, when they stood <05975> (8800), [and] had let down <07503> (8762) their wings <03671>. |
1:26 | And above <04605> the firmament <07549> that [was] over their heads <07218> [was] the likeness <01823> of a throne <03678>, as the appearance <04758> of a sapphire <05601> stone <068>: and upon the likeness <01823> of the throne <03678> [was] the likeness <01823> as the appearance <04758> of a man <0120> above <04605> upon it. |
1:27 | And I saw <07200> (8799) as the colour <05869> of amber <02830>, as the appearance <04758> of fire <0784> round about <05439> within <01004> it, from the appearance <04758> of his loins <04975> even upward <04605>, and from the appearance <04758> of his loins <04975> even downward <04295>, I saw <07200> (8804) as it were the appearance <04758> of fire <0784>, and it had brightness <05051> round about <05439>. |
1:28 | As the appearance <04758> of the bow <07198> that is in the cloud <06051> in the day <03117> of rain <01653>, so [was] the appearance <04758> of the brightness <05051> round about <05439>. This [was] the appearance <04758> of the likeness <01823> of the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068>. And when I saw <07200> (8799) [it], I fell <05307> (8799) upon my face <06440>, and I heard <08085> (8799) a voice <06963> of one that spake <01696> (8764). |