Common English Bible

Ezekiel 1:17-24 Common English Bible (CEB)

17. When they moved in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving.

18. Their rims were tall and terrifying, because all four of them were filled with eyes all around.

19. When the creatures moved, the wheels moved next to them. Whenever the creatures rose above the earth, the wheels also rose up.

20. Wherever the wind would appear to go, the wind would make them go there too. The wheels rose up beside them, because the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.

21. When they moved, the wheels moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose above the earth, the wheels rose up along with them, because the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.

22. The shape above the heads of the creatures was a dome; it was like glittering ice stretched out over their heads.

23. Just below the dome, their outstretched wings touched each other. They each also had two wings to cover their bodies.

24. Then I heard the sound of their wings when they moved forward. It was like the sound of mighty waters, like the sound of the Almighty, like the sound of tumult or the sound of an army camp. When they stood still, their wings came to rest.