⁴ And I looked,^[a] and look! A storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire flashing back and forth, and brightness around and within it,^[b] and from its midst^[c] it was like the outward appearance of amber stone from the midst^[d] of the fire. ⁵ And from its midst^[e] was the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: a human form,^{[f] 6} and each had four faces,^[g] and each of them had four wings.^{[h] 7} And their legs were straight legs, and the sole of their feet was like the sole of the foot of a calf, and they were sparkling like the outward appearance of polished bronze. ⁸ And under their wings were human hands^[i] on their four sides. And their faces and their wings for the four of them were as follows: ⁹ their wings were touching one another;^[j] each of them went straight forward,^[k] without turning right or left.^{[l] 10} The likeness of their faces was the face of a human in front, and the face of a lion on the right of each of them,^[m] and the face of an ox on the left of each of them,^[n] and the face of an eagle for each of them.^{[o] 11} So were their faces; their wings were spread out upward;^[p] each had two touching one another and two covering their bodies. ¹² And each went straight forward;^[q] wherever the spirit went^[r] they went, and they did not turn as they went.^{[s] 13} As for^[t] the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. It^[u] was moving to and fro between the living creatures, and the fire was very bright^[v] and lightning was going out from the fire. ¹⁴ And the living creatures were speeding to and fro^[w] like the appearance of lightning.

¹⁵ And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth^[x] beside each of the living creatures that had four faces.^{[y] 16} The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl,^[z] and they all looked alike,^[aa] and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel.^{[ab] 17} When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.^{[ac] 18} And their rims were high and awesome,^[ad] and all four of^[ae] their rims were full of eyes all around. ¹⁹ And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them also went, and when the creatures were lifted from the ground^[af] the wheels also rose. ²⁰ Wherever^[ag] the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures^[ah] was in the wheels. ²¹ At their^[ai] going, they^[aj] go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth,^[ak] the wheels rose,^[al] for the spirit of the living creatures^[am] was in the wheels.

²² Now^[an] the likeness above the heads of the living creatures was an expanse like the outward appearance of awesome^[ao] ice^[ap] spread out above their heads upward.^{[aq] 23} And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight one toward the other;^[ar] each had two wings covering them, and each had two wings covering their bodies. ²⁴ And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the voice of Shaddai,^[as] and when they moved^[at] there was a sound of tumult like the sound of an army; when they stood still^[au] they lowered their wings.