11. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. On each one, two wings touched one another, and the other two wings covered the body.
12. Each went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they went; they did not change direction when they moved.
13. And the appearance of the living creatures seemed like burning coals of fire. Something indeed like torches moved back and forth among the living creatures. The fire gleamed intensely, and from it lightning flashed.
14. The creatures darting back and forth flashed like lightning.
15. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw wheels on the ground, one alongside each of the four living creatures.
16. The wheels and their construction sparkled like yellow topaz, and all four of them looked the same: their construction seemed as though one wheel was inside the other.
17. When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
18. The four of them had rims, high and fearsome—eyes filled the four rims all around.
19. When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved with them; and when the living creatures were raised from the ground, the wheels also were raised.
20. Wherever the spirit would go, they went. And they were raised up together with the living creatures, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21. Wherever the living creatures moved, the wheels moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still. When they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up with them. For the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22. Above the heads of the living creatures was a likeness of the firmament; it was awesome, stretching upwards like shining crystal over their heads.
23. Beneath the firmament their wings stretched out toward one another; each had two wings covering the body.
24. Then I heard the sound of their wings, like the roaring of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty. When they moved, the sound of the tumult was like the din of an army. And when they stood still, they lowered their wings.