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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 1, Verse 11

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As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
New English Translation
Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.
World English Bible
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
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.
16
The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
18
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings [were] full of eyes round about them four.
19
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither [was their] spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.
21
When those went, [these] went; and when those stood, [these] stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.