◄ Ezekiel 1:5 ►
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Good News Translation
At the center of the storm I saw what looked like four living creatures in human form,

New Revised Standard Version
In the middle of it was something like four living creatures. This was their appearance: they were of human form.

Contemporary English Version
and in that center I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were somewhat like humans,

New American Bible
From within it figures in the likeness of four living creatures appeared. This is what they looked like:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.

the likeness

Revelation 4:6 And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 6:6 And I heard, as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley for a penny: and see thou hurt not the wine and the oil.

Context
The Four Living Creatures
4And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber: 5And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.6Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.…
Cross References
Revelation 4:6
And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures had each of them six wings: and round about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Ezekiel 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was the likeness of the appearance of a man above upon it.

Ezekiel 10:15
And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.

Ezekiel 10:17
When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them.

Ezekiel 10:20
This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.

Ezekiel 1:4
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