ASV_Strong : Ezekiel 1
1. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth[H7970] year[H8141], in the fourth[H7243] month[H2568], in the fifth day of the month[H2320], as I was among[H8432] the captives[H1473] by the river[H5104] Chebar[H3529], that the heavens[H8064] were opened[H6605], and I saw[H7200] visions[H4759] of God[H430].
2. In the fifth[H2568] day of the month[H2320], which was the fifth[H2549] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Jehoiachin[H3112]'s captivity[H1546],
3. the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came expressly unto Ezekiel[H3168] the priest[H3548], the son[H1121] of Buzi[H941], in the land[H776] of the Chaldeans[H3778] by the river[H5104] Chebar[H3529]; and the hand[H3027] of Jehovah was there upon him[H3068].
4. And I looked[H7200], and[H7307], behold, a stormy wind came[H935] out of the north[H6828], a great[H1419] cloud[H6051], with a fire[H784] infolding[H3947] itself[H5051], and a brightness round about[H5439] it[H8432], and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing[H5869] metal[H2830], out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784].
5. And out of the midst[H8432] thereof came the likeness[H1823] of four[H702] living creatures[H2416]. And this was their appearance[H4758]: they[H2007] had the likeness[H1823] of a man[H120].
6. And every one[H259] had four[H702] faces[H6440], and every one[H259] of them had four[H702] wings[H3671].
7. And their feet[H7272] were straight[H3477] feet[H7272]; and the sole[H3709] of their feet[H7272] was like the sole[H3709] of a calf[H5695]'s foot[H7272]; and they sparkled[H5340] like[H5869] burnished[H7044] brass[H5178].
8. And they had the hands[H3027] of a man[H120] under their wings[H3671] on their four[H702] sides[H7253]; and they four[H702] had their faces[H6440] and their wings thus[H3671]:
9. their wings[H3671] were joined[H2266] one[H802] to another[H269]; they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212]; they went[H3212] every one[H376] straight[H5676] forward[H6440].
10. As for the likeness[H1823] of their faces[H6440], they had the face[H6440] of a man[H120]; and they four[H702] had the face[H6440] of a lion[H738] on the right side[H3225]; and they four[H702] had the face[H6440] of an ox[H7794] on the left side[H8040]; they four[H702] had also the face[H6440] of an eagle[H5404].
11. And their faces[H6440] and their wings[H3671] were separate[H6504] above[H4605]; two[H8147] wings of every one[H376] were joined[H2266] one[H376] to another[H376], and two[H8147] covered[H3680] their bodies[H1472].
12. And they went[H3212] every one[H376] straight[H5676] forward[H6440]: whither the spirit[H7307] was to go[H3212], they went[H3212]; they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212].
13. As for the likeness[H1823] of the living creatures[H2416], their appearance[H4758] was like burning[H1197] coals[H1513] of fire[H784], like the appearance[H4758] of torches[H3940]: the fire went up and down[H1980] among the living creatures[H2416]; and the fire[H784] was bright[H5051], and out of the fire[H784] went forth[H3318] lightning[H1300].
14. And the living creatures[H2416] ran[H7519] and returned[H7725] as the appearance[H4758] of a flash of lightning[H965].
15. Now as I beheld[H7200] the living creatures[H2416], behold[H259], one wheel[H212] upon the earth[H776] beside[H681] the living creatures[H2416], for each of the four[H702] faces thereof[H6440].
16. The appearance[H4758] of the wheels[H212] and their work[H4639] was like[H5869] unto a beryl[H8658]: and they four[H702] had one[H259] likeness[H1823]; and their appearance[H4758] and their work[H4639] was as it were a wheel[H212] within[H8432] a wheel[H212].
17. When they went[H3212], they went[H3212] in their four[H702] directions[H7253]: they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212].
18. As for their rims[H1354], they were high[H1363] and dreadful[H3374]; and they four[H702] had their rims[H1354] full[H4392] of eyes[H5869] round about[H5439].
19. And when the living creatures[H2416] went[H3212], the wheels[H212] went[H3212] beside them[H681]; and when the living creatures[H2416] were lifted up[H5375] from the earth[H776], the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375].
20. Whithersoever the spirit[H7307] was to go[H3212], they went[H3212]; thither was the spirit[H7307] to go[H3212]: and the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375] beside[H5980] them[H7307]; for the spirit of the living creature[H2416] was in the wheels[H212].
21. When those went[H3212], these went[H3212]; and when those stood[H5975], these stood[H5975]; and when those were lifted up[H5375] from the earth[H776], the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375] beside[H5980] them[H7307]: for the spirit of the living creature[H2416] was in the wheels[H212].
22. And over the head[H7218] of the living creature[H2416] there was the likeness[H1823] of a firmament[H7549], like[H5869] the terrible[H3372] crystal[H7140] to look upon[H5186], stretched forth over their heads[H7218] above[H4605].
23. And under the firmament[H7549] were their wings[H3671] straight[H3477], the one[H802] toward the other[H269]: every one[H376] had two[H8147] which covered[H3680] on this side[H2007], and every one[H376] had two[H8147] which covered[H3680] on that side[H2007], their bodies[H1472].
24. And when they went[H3212], I heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of their wings[H3671] like the noise[H6963] of great[H7227] waters[H4325], like the voice[H6963] of the Almighty[H7706], a noise[H6963] of tumult[H1999] like the noise[H6963] of a host[H4264]: when they stood[H5975], they let down[H7503] their wings[H3671].
25. And there was a voice[H6963] above the firmament[H7549] that was over their heads[H7218]: when they stood[H5975], they let down[H7503] their wings[H3671].
26. And above[H4605] the firmament[H7549] that was over their heads[H7218] was the likeness[H1823] of a throne[H3678], as the appearance[H4758] of a sapphire[H5601] stone[H68]; and upon the likeness[H1823] of the throne[H3678] was a likeness[H1823] as the appearance[H4758] of a man[H120] upon it above[H4605].
27. And I saw[H7200] as it were glowing[H5869] metal[H2830], as the appearance[H4758] of fire[H784] within[H1004] it round about[H5439], from the appearance[H4758] of his loins[H4975] and upward[H4605]; and from the appearance[H4758] of his loins[H4975] and downward[H4295] I saw[H7200] as it were the appearance[H4758] of fire[H784], and there was brightness[H5051] round about him[H5439].
28. As the appearance[H4758] of the bow[H7198] that is in the cloud[H6051] in the day[H3117] of rain[H1653], so was the appearance[H4758] of the brightness[H5051] round about[H5439]. This was the appearance[H4758] of the likeness[H1823] of the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068]. And when I saw[H7200] it[H5307], I fell upon my face[H6440], and I heard[H8085] a voice[H6963] of one that spake[H1696].
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