| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne. | 1In my vision I saw what appeared to be a throne of blue lapis lazuli above the crystal surface over the heads of the cherubim. |
| 2Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I watched. | 2Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched. |
| 3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court. | 3The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard. |
| 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. | 4Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the entrance of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD. |
| 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks. | 5The moving wings of the cherubim sounded like the voice of God Almighty and could be heard even in the outer courtyard. |
| 6Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels. | 6The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels. |
| 7And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out. | 7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took them and went out. |
| 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings. | 8(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.) |
| 9And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone. | 9I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl. |
| 10As for their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. | 10All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it. |
| 11When they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went. | 11The cherubim could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside. |
| 12And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around. | 12Both the cherubim and the wheels were covered with eyes. The cherubim had eyes all over their bodies, including their hands, their backs, and their wings. |
| 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “Wheel.” | 13I heard someone refer to the wheels as “the whirling wheels.” |
| 14Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. | 14Each of the four cherubim had four faces: the first was the face of an ox, the second was a human face, the third was the face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle. |
| 15And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar. | 15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River. |
| 16When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them. | 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them. |
| 17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them. | 17When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. |
| 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. | 18Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim. |
| 19And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. | 19And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the LORD’s Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. |
| 20This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim. | 20These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim, |
| 21Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. | 21for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings. |
| 22And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward. | 22And their faces were just like the faces of the beings I had seen at the Kebar, and they traveled straight ahead, just as the others had. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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