Ezekiel 1:5

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.

Also out of the midst {H8432} thereof came the likeness {H1823} of four {H702} living creatures {H2416}. And this was their appearance {H4758}; they {H2007} had the likeness {H1823} of a man {H120}.

Inside, there appeared to be four living creatures that looked like human beings;

and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 4:6 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Revelation 4:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  • Ezekiel 1:26 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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 (2 votes)

    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.