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.
KJV
et in medio ejus similitudo quatuor animalium. Et hic aspectus eorum, similitudo hominis in eis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ὡς ὁμοίωμα τεσσάρων ζῴων· καὶ αὕτη ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν· ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπου ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς.
LXX
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;
ASV
וּ/מִ֨/תּוֹכָ֔/הּ דְּמ֖וּת אַרְבַּ֣ע חַיּ֑וֹת וְ/זֶה֙ מַרְאֵֽי/הֶ֔ן דְּמ֥וּת אָדָ֖ם לָ/הֵֽנָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 4:7 · allusion"And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."Ezekiel: four living creatures — lion, ox, man, eagle around the throne
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 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 a
- Ezek 10:15 — And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
- Rev 4:6 — 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.
- Rev 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.
- Zech 6:5 — And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth.