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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 And the living creatures ran back and forth, (A)in appearance like a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, (B)a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. 16 (C)The appearance of the wheels and their workings was (D)like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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