Ezekiel 1 Interlinear

in the fifth day of the month which was the fifth year of king jehoiachins 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

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

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 calfs 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

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

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

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

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

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