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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 1, Verse 6

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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.
King James Version
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
American Standard Version
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
New English Translation
but each had four faces and four wings.
World English Bible
Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
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And their feet [were] straight feet; and the sole of their feet [was] like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
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And [they had] the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
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Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10
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.
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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.
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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.
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
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Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
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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.