11 Thus were their faces: but their wings were spread out above: two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

12 And every one went straight forward: they went whither their [a]spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.

13 The similitude also of the beasts, and their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: for the fire ran among the beasts, and the fire gave a glister, and out of the fire there went lightning.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:12 Hebrew, whither their spirit or w[ings] was to go.

11 Such were their faces. They each had two wings(A) spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.(B) 13 The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals(C) of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning(D) flashed out of it.

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