Ezekiel 10

1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a 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 clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill your hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over 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 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the 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 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.

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 cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks.

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 it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

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 forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.

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 cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

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

9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.

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

10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the middle of a wheel.

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

11 When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

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

12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.

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

13 As for the wheels, it was cried to them in my hearing, O wheel.

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

14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and 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 cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

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

16 And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside 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 lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature 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 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

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

19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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 that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.

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

21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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

22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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