Ezekiel 1
King James Version · 28 verses · 439 cross-references linking it to 172 other chapters
Explore Ezekiel 1 in the interactive map- 1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.53 cross-references: Ezekiel 11:24, Matthew 3:16, Revelation 19:11, Acts 7:56, Ezekiel 10:20
- 2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,22 cross-references: 2 Kings 24:12–15, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 40:1, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 29:17
- 3The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.35 cross-references: Ezekiel 3:22, Ezekiel 3:14, 1 Kings 18:46, 2 Kings 3:15, Ezekiel 37:1
- 4And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.38 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:27, Jeremiah 23:19, Ezekiel 8:2, Jeremiah 25:32, Isaiah 21:1
- 5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.9 cross-references: Revelation 4:6–8, Ezekiel 1:26, Revelation 6:6
- 6And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.14 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:14, 1 Kings 6:24–27, Ezekiel 1:15, Revelation 4:7–8, Isaiah 6:2
- 7And 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.10 cross-references: Revelation 1:15, Daniel 10:6, Ezekiel 1:13, Psalms 104:4, Leviticus 11:47
- 8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.12 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:21, Ezekiel 10:18, Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 10:11, Ezekiel 10:2
- 9Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.11 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:22, Luke 9:51, Ezekiel 1:11–12, Ezekiel 10:11, 1 Corinthians 1:10
- 10As 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.25 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:14, Revelation 4:7, 1 Corinthians 9:9–10, Numbers 2:3, 1 Chronicles 12:8
- 11Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.9 cross-references: Isaiah 6:2, Ezekiel 1:23, Ezekiel 10:16, Ezekiel 10:19
- 12And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.10 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 10:22, Ezekiel 1:20–21, Ezekiel 1:17, Hebrews 1:14
- 13As 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.18 cross-references: Psalms 104:4, Revelation 4:5, Genesis 15:17, Revelation 18:1, Matthew 28:3
- 14And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.11 cross-references: Zechariah 4:10, Matthew 24:27, Daniel 9:21, Psalms 147:15, Mark 13:27
- 15Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.13 cross-references: Daniel 7:9, Ezekiel 10:9, Ezekiel 1:6, Revelation 4:7, Ezekiel 1:19–21
- 16The 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.13 cross-references: Daniel 10:6, Ezekiel 10:9–11, Exodus 39:13, Ephesians 3:10, Psalms 36:6
- 17When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.9 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:1–11, Isaiah 55:11
- 18As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.12 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:12, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:8, Job 37:22–24, Proverbs 15:3
- 19And 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.7 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:16, Ezekiel 10:19, Psalms 103:20
- 20Whithersoever 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.8 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:17, 1 Corinthians 14:32, Zechariah 6:1–8
- 21When 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.3 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:17, Ezekiel 1:19–20, Romans 8:2
- 22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.14 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:1, Revelation 4:6, Ezekiel 1:26, Revelation 21:11, Exodus 24:10
- 23And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.6 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:24, Luke 17:10, Job 4:18, Psalms 89:7, Ezekiel 1:11–12
- 24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.20 cross-references: Ezekiel 43:2, Daniel 10:6, Revelation 1:15, Psalms 29:3–9, Revelation 19:6
- 25And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.2 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:22
- 26And 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.53 cross-references: Ezekiel 10:1, Exodus 24:10, Revelation 1:13, Ezekiel 1:22, Daniel 10:18
- 27And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.11 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 8:2, Hebrews 12:29, Psalms 97:2, Deuteronomy 4:24
- 28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.43 cross-references: Revelation 10:1, Revelation 4:3, Genesis 17:3, Ezekiel 3:23, Acts 9:4
Explained connections
- The four living creatures
Ezekiel's creatures have the faces of a man, lion, ox and eagle. John's throne vision has four creatures with the same faces. Church tradition later linked them to the four Gospels.
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People in Ezekiel 1
God, Jehoiachin, Ezekiel, Buzi