⁶ His body was like ^(A)beryl, his face ^(B)like the appearance of lightning, ^(C)his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and ^(D)legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and ^(E)the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

^12 (A)His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are ^(B)many diadems, and he has ^(C)a name written that no one knows but himself.

² And he was ^(A)transfigured before them, and ^(B)his face shone like the sun, and ^(C)his clothes became white as light.

³ and called out with a loud voice, ^(A)like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. ⁴ And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, ^(B)“Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

¹³ and in the midst of the lampstands ^(A)one like ^(B)a son of man, ^(C)clothed with a long robe and ^(D)with a golden sash around his chest. ^14 (E)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^(F)His eyes were like a flame of fire, ^15 (G)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^(H)his voice was like the roar of many waters. ^16 (I)In his right hand he held seven stars, ^(J)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^(K)his face was like the sun shining ^(L)in full strength.

^17 (M)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(N)he laid his right hand on me, ^(O)saying, “Fear not, ^(P)I am the first and the last,

^9 (A)And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and ^(B)the appearance of the wheels was ^(C)like sparkling ^(D)beryl.

²⁴ And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings ^(A)like the sound of many waters, like ^(B)the sound of the ^(C)Almighty, a sound of tumult ^(D)like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings.

^16 (A)As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like ^(B)the gleaming of beryl. ^(C)And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁴ And the living creatures ^(A)darted to and fro, ^(B)like the appearance of a flash of lightning.