"Also out of the midst thereof {came} the likeness of four living creatures. And this {was} their appearance; they had th…" — Ezekiel 1:5

Ezekiel 1:5 · KJV

“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.”

— Ezekiel 1:5

Verse 4

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness {was} about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. {infolding...: Heb. catching itself}

Verse 6

And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

Ezekiel 1 — Context

The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. {Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel}

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 every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

And their feet {were} straight feet; and the sole of their feet {was} like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. {straight...: Heb. a straight foot}

Cross References

Revelation 4:6-8

And before the throne {there was} a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, {were} four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

Ezekiel 1:26

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

Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and {see} thou hurt not the oil and the wine. {A measure: the word choenix signifieth a measure containing one wine quart, and the twelfth part of a quart}