Passage

Ezekiel 1.13

Book: Ezekiel · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"11. And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12. And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went."

"13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning."

"14. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof." (Ezekiel 1:11-15, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"11. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies. 12. Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went."

"13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire."

"14. The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15. Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it." (Ezekiel 1:11-15, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"11. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. ^{stretched: or, divided above} 12. And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went."

"13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning."

"14. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces." (Ezekiel 1:11-15, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"11. And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies. 12. And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going."

"13. As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances [are] as coals of fire, burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness [is] to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning."

"14. And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash. 15. And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces." (Ezekiel 1:11-15, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

G3667 - homoioma

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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