Ezekiel 10:8-22

English Standard Version

⁸The cherubim appeared to have ^(A)the form of a human hand under their wings.

⁹^(B)And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and ^(C)the appearance of the wheels was ^(D)like sparkling ^(E)beryl. ¹⁰And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel. ¹¹^(F)When they went, they went in any of their four directions^[a] ^(G)without turning as they went, ^(H)but in whatever direction the front wheel^[b] faced, the others followed without turning as they went. ¹²^(I)And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings,^[c] and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had. ¹³As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing ^(J)“the whirling wheels.” ¹⁴^(K)And every one had four faces: ^(L)the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was ^(M)a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁵^(N)And the cherubim mounted up. These were ^(O)the living creatures that I saw by ^(P)the Chebar canal. ¹⁶^(Q)And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And ^(R)when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them. ¹⁷^(S)When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures^[d] was in them.

¹⁸^(T)Then ^(U)the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. ¹⁹^(V)And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth ^(W)before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the ^(X)east gate of the house of the Lord, and ^(Y)the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

²⁰^(Z)These were the living creatures that I saw ^(AA)underneath the God of Israel by ^(AB)the Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. ²¹^(AC)Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings ^(AD)the likeness of human hands. ²²^(AE)And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. ^(AF)Each one of them went straight forward.

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Notas al pie

Ezekiel 10:11 Hebrew to their four sides
Ezekiel 10:11 Hebrew the head
Ezekiel 10:12 Or their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings
Ezekiel 10:17 Or spirit of life

Ezekiel 10:8-22

New International Version

⁸(Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like human hands.)^(A)

⁹I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like topaz.^(B) ¹⁰As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel. ¹¹As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about^[a] as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went. ¹²Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes,^(C) as were their four wheels.^(D) ¹³I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.” ¹⁴Each of the cherubim^(E) had four faces:^(F) One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion,^(G) and the fourth the face of an eagle.^(H)

¹⁵Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures^(I) I had seen by the Kebar River.^(J) ¹⁶When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side. ¹⁷When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.^(K)

¹⁸Then the glory^(L) of the Lord departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.^(M) ¹⁹While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them.^(N) They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory^(O) of the God of Israel was above them.

²⁰These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River,^(P) and I realized that they were cherubim. ²¹Each had four faces^(Q) and four wings,^(R) and under their wings was what looked like human hands. ²²Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River.^(S) Each one went straight ahead.