Ezekiel 10

1 And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

I looked up and saw what looked like a throne made of lapis lazuli beyond the expanse, way above the heads of the cherubim.

2 And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight:

Speaking from there the Lord told the man in linen, “Go in between the wheels underneath the cherubim. Collect as many burning coals as you can. Carry them from among the cherubim and scatter them all over the city.” I watched as he went in.

3 And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner court.

4 And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the cherub to the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

Then the Lord's glory rose up from above the cherubim and moved to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of the Lord's glory filled the courtyard.

5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard even to the outward court as the voice of God Almighty speaking.

The noise made by the cherubim's wings could even be heard in the outer courtyard, and sounded like the voice of God Almighty.

6 And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with linen, saying: Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubims: he went in and stood beside the wheel,

When the Lord ordered the man in linen, “Go and get some fire from in between the wheels, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.

7 And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of the cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he took, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it and went forth.

Then one of the cherubim reached out and took some of the fire among them. He handed it to the man in linen, who took it and left.

8 And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a man’s hand under their wings.

(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)

9 And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:

I saw four wheels next to the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like topaz.

10 And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

All four wheels looked the same, and had a wheel within a wheel, set crossways.

11 And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.

The cherubim could go in any direction they faced, moving without turning.

12 And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands, and their wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the four wheels.

The whole of their bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were covered in eyes, as were all four wheels.

13 And these wheels he called voluble, in my hearing.

I heard the wheels being referred to as “the chariot wheels.”

14 And every one had four faces: one face was the face of a cherub, and the second face, the face of a man: and in the third was the face of a lion: and in the fourth the face of an eagle.

Each of them had four faces: the first face was a cherub's face, the second a man's face, the third a lion's face, and the fourth an eagle's face.

15 And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.

Then the cherubim rose up in the air. They were the beings I'd seen beside the River Kebar.

16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them.

When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved alongside them. Even when they opened their wings to take off, the wheels stayed beside them.

17 When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them.

When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped too. When they took off, the wheels did too, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

18 And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims.

Then the glory of the Lord left the entrance to the Temple and stopped above the cherubim.

19 And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and took off, with the wheels alongside them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord's Temple, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20 This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.

These were the beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that they were cherubim.

21 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man’s hand was under their wings.

Each had four faces and four wings and had what looked like human hands under their wings.

22 And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward.

Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.