Ezekiel 10

1 And I look, and lo, on the expanse that [is] above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.

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 speaketh unto the man clothed with linen, and saith, 'Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.' And he goeth in before mine eyes.

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 cherubs are standing on the right side of the house, at the going in of the man, and the cloud hath 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 become high doth the honour of Jehovah above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court hath been filled with the brightness of the honour of Jehovah.

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 a noise of the wings of the cherubs hath been heard unto the outer court, as the voice of God — the Mighty One — in His 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 it cometh to pass, in His commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, 'Take fire from between the wheel, from between the cherubs,' and he goeth in and standeth near 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 that the [one] cherub putteth forth his hand from between the cherubs unto the fire that [is] between the cherubs, and lifteth up, and giveth into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receiveth, and cometh 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 appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings,

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

9 and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels [is] as the colour of a beryl stone.

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

10 As to their appearances, one likeness [is] to them four, as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.

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

11 In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.

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

12 And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four [are] their wheels.

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

13 To the wheels — to them is one calling in mine ears, 'O wheel!'

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

14 And four faces [are] to each; the face of the one [is] the face of the cherub, and the face of the second the face of man, and of the third the face of a lion, and of 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 cherubs are lifted up, it [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

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

16 And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being 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 In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit [is] 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 go forth doth the honour of Jehovah from off the threshold of the house, and standeth over the cherubs,

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

19 and the cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also [are] over-against them, and he standeth at the opening of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the honour of the God of Israel [is] over them from 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 It [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.

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

21 Four faces [are] to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man [is] under their wings.

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

22 As to the likeness of their faces, they [are] the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.

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