Ezekiel 3:13
Good News Translation
I heard the wings of the creatures beating together in the air, and the noise of the wheels, as loud as an earthquake.

New Revised Standard Version
it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, that sounded like a loud rumbling.

Contemporary English Version
It was the sound made by the creatures' wings as they brushed against each other, and by the rumble of the wheels beside them.

New American Bible
the noise of the wings of the living creatures beating against one another, and the noise of the wheels alongside them, a loud rumbling.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.

the noise

Ezekiel 1:24 And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.

Ezekiel 10:5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard even to the outward court as the voice of God Almighty speaking.

2 Samuel 5:24 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines.

touched [heb] kissed

Ezekiel 10:16,17 And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them. . . .

Context
Ezekiel Eats the Scroll
12And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place. 13The noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.14The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 1:15
Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.

Ezekiel 10:16
And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them.

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 3:12
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