Verse 6

Ezekiel 1:6

New Living Translation

6 except that each had four faces and four wings.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה פָנִ֖ים לְ/אֶחָ֑ת וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְ/אַחַ֥ת לָ/הֶֽם

English Translation

And four faces to one and four wings to one for them.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylo... Focus ↗

2 This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity. Focus ↗

3 (The LORD gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of... Focus ↗

4 As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed... Focus ↗

5 From the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human, Focus ↗

6 except that each had four faces and four wings.

7 Their legs were straight, and their feet had hooves like those of a calf and shone like burnished br... Focus ↗

8 Under each of their four wings I could see human hands. So each of the four beings had four faces an... Focus ↗

9 The wings of each living being touched the wings of the beings beside it. Each one moved straight fo... Focus ↗

10 Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the l... Focus ↗

11 Each had two pairs of outstretched wings — one pair stretched out to touch the wings of the living b... Focus ↗

12 They went in whatever direction the spirit chose, and they moved straight forward in any direction w... Focus ↗

13 The living beings looked like bright coals of fire or brilliant torches, and lightning seemed to fla... Focus ↗

14 And the living beings darted to and fro like flashes of lightning. Focus ↗

15 As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging... Focus ↗

16 The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each w... Focus ↗

17 The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. Focus ↗

18 The rims of the four wheels were tall and frightening, and they were covered with eyes all around. Focus ↗

19 When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up,... Focus ↗

20 The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the l... Focus ↗

21 When the beings moved, the wheels moved. When the beings stopped, the wheels stopped. When the being... Focus ↗

22 Spread out above them was a surface like the sky, glittering like crystal. Focus ↗

23 Beneath this surface the wings of each living being stretched out to touch the others’ wings, and ea... Focus ↗

24 As they flew, their wings sounded to me like waves crashing against the shore or like the voice of t... Focus ↗

25 As they stood with wings lowered, a voice spoke from beyond the crystal surface above them. Focus ↗

26 Above this surface was something that looked like a throne made of blue lapis lazuli. And on this th... Focus ↗

27 From what appeared to be his waist up, he looked like gleaming amber, flickering like a fire. And fr... Focus ↗

28 All around him was a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day. This is what... Focus ↗

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