Ezekiel 10:13-17

10:13 As for their wheels, they were called “the wheelwork” ¹  as I listened. 10:14 Each of the cherubim ²  had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, ³  the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

10:15 The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings ⁴  I saw at the Kebar River. 10:16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread ⁵  their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side. 10:17 When the cherubim ⁶  stood still, the wheels ⁷  stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels ⁸  rose up with them, for the spirit ⁹  of the living beings ¹⁰  was in the wheels. ¹¹ 

[10:13]  ¹ tn Or “the whirling wheels.”

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “each one”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ³ sn The living creature described here is thus slightly different from the one described in Ezek 1:10, where a bull’s face appeared instead of a cherub’s. Note that some English versions harmonize the two descriptions and read the same here as in 1:10 (cf. NAB, NLT “an ox”; TEV, CEV “a bull”). This may be justified based on v. 22, which states the creatures’ appearance was the same.

[10:15]  ³ tn Heb “it was the living creature.”

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17]  ⁸ tn Or “wind.”

[10:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “living creature.”

[10:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.