NET Bible
"In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,"
— Ezekiel 1:5, NET Bible
“Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.”
“And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man; ”
“Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.”
“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.”
“And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.”
“Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.”
(On the fifth day of the month– it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile–
the LORD’s message came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the LORD came on him there).
As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north– an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.
In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,
but each had four faces and four wings.
Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.
They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,