EZE 1:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ὡς ὁμοίωμα τεσσάρων ζῴων· καὶ αὕτη ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν· ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπου ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς.
(Kai en tōi mesōi hōs homoiōma tessarōn zōōn; kai hautaʸ haʸ horasis autōn; homoiōma anthrōpou epʼ autois. )

BrTr And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them.

ULT In the middle was the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man,

UST In the center of the storm I saw what resembled four living creatures. They resembled humans,

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

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB EZE book available

WEBBE Out of its centre came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,

LSV And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,

FBV and within it was the shape of four beings.[fn]
¶ This was what they looked like: They had a human shape,

1:5 They are identified as “cherubim” in 10:2.

T4T In the center of the storm I saw what resembled four living creatures. They resembled humans,

LEB And from its midst[fn] was the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: _⌊a human form_⌋,[fn]

1:5 Or “middle”

1:5 Literally “this their appearance the likeness of a human to them”

BBE And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

Moff Out of it appeared the forms of four Creatures, and this was their appearance: they had the same form,

JPS 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 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;

DRA And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.

YLT And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,

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

RV 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.

SLT And from its midst the likeness of four living creatures: and this their vision; and the likeness of a man to them.

Wbstr Also from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 Also out of the midst thereof came the likenesse of foure liuing creatures, and this was their appearance: they had the likenesse of a man.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And out of the middes therof, the likenesse of foure beastes appeared and this was their fourme, they had the likenesse of a man.
(And out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four beasts/animals appeared and this was their form, they had the likeness of a man.)

Gnva Also out of the middes therof came the likenesse of foure beastes, and this was their forme: they had the appearance of a man.
(Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four beasts/animals, and this was their form: they had the appearance of a man. )

Cvdl and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes, which were fashioned like a man: sauynge,
(and as it were the likeness of four beasts/animals, which were fashioned like a man: saving,)

Wycl And of myddis therof was a licnesse of foure beestis. And this was the biholdyng of tho, the licnesse of a man in tho.
(And of midst thereof was a likeness of four beasts/animals. And this was the beholding of those, the likeness of a man in those.)

Luth Und drinnen war es gestaltet wie vier Tiere, und unter ihnen eins gestaltet wie ein Mensch.
( And inside what/which it designed as/like four animals, and under to_them one designed as/like a person.)

ClVg et in medio ejus similitudo quatuor animalium. Et hic aspectus eorum, similitudo hominis in eis.
(and in/into/on in_the_middle his similarity four of_animals. And this/here appearance their, similarity of_man in/into/on to_them. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) In the middle

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[was],from,the_middle_of,of_it likeness_of four living_creatures and=this appearance_of,[was]_their form_of humankind [belonged]_to,them )

Alternate translation: “Inside the storm”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) the likeness of four living creatures

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[was],from,the_middle_of,of_it likeness_of four living_creatures and=this appearance_of,[was]_their form_of humankind [belonged]_to,them )

Here, likeness means that what Ezekiel saw looked like these things. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word likeness, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “what looked like four living creatures”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) This was their appearance

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[was],from,the_middle_of,of_it likeness_of four living_creatures and=this appearance_of,[was]_their form_of humankind [belonged]_to,them )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word appearance, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “This is what they looked like”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) They had the likeness of a man

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[was],from,the_middle_of,of_it likeness_of four living_creatures and=this appearance_of,[was]_their form_of humankind [belonged]_to,them )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word appearance, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “The four creatures looked like people”

Parallel EZE 1:5