| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. | 1Then I looked, and there above the expanse over the heads of the cherubim was something like a throne with the appearance of lapis lazuli. |
| 2And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And he entered in my sight. | 2The LORD spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with blazing coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." So he went in as I watched. |
| 3Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court. | 3Now the cherubim were standing to the south of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court. |
| 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD. | 4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherub to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD's glory. |
| 5Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. | 5The sound of the cherubim's wings could be heard as far as the outer court; it was like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. |
| 6It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," he entered and stood beside a wheel. | 6After the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from inside the wheelwork, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel. |
| 7Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. | 7Then the cherub reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took some and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. |
| 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings. | 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings. |
| 9Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone. | 9I looked, and there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The luster of the wheels was like the gleam of beryl. |
| 10As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel. | 10In appearance, all four looked alike, like a wheel within a wheel. |
| 11When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went. | 11When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went. |
| 12Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. | 12Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, wings, and the wheels that the four of them had, were full of eyes all around. |
| 13The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. | 13As I listened the wheels were called "the wheelwork." |
| 14And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. | 14Each one had four faces: one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. |
| 15Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar. | 15The cherubim ascended; these were the living creatures I had seen by the Chebar Canal. |
| 16Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. | 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when they lifted their wings to rise from the earth, even then the wheels did not veer away from them. |
| 17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them. | 17When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them. |
| 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 away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. |
| 19When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD'S house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. | 19The cherubim lifted their wings and ascended from the earth right before my eyes; the wheels were beside them as they went. The glory of the God of Israel was above them, and it stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house. |
| 20These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. | 20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Chebar Canal, and I recognized that they were cherubim. |
| 21Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. | 21Each had four faces and each had four wings, with what looked something like human hands under their wings. |
| 22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead. | 22Their faces looked like the same faces I had seen by the Chebar Canal. Each creature went straight ahead. |
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