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14 And the living creatures were speeding to and fro[a] like the appearance of lightning.

15 And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth[b] beside each of the living creatures that had four faces.[c] 16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl,[d] and they all looked alike,[e] and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:14 Literally “sped forth and returned”
  2. Ezekiel 1:15 Or “ground”
  3. Ezekiel 1:15 Literally “the living creatures for the four of his/its faces.” The LXX has “for the four of them.”
  4. Ezekiel 1:16 Or “chrysolite,” or “topaz”; this stone is difficult to identify exactly
  5. Ezekiel 1:16 Literally “likeness was one for the four of them”
  6. Ezekiel 1:16 Literally “as that it was a wheel in the midst of a wheel”

14 The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.(A)

15 As I looked at the living creatures,(B) I saw a wheel(C) on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz,(D) and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.

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