4. As I looked, I saw a storm coming from the north. There was an immense cloud with flashing lightning surrounded by a bright light. The middle of the lightning looked like glowing metal.
5. In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans,
6. but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7. Their legs were straight, their feet were like those of calves, and they glittered like polished bronze.
8. They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.
9. Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead, and they did not turn as they moved.
10. Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle.
11. That is what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out, pointing upward. Each creature had two wings with which they touched each other. The other two wings covered their bodies.
12. Each of the creatures went straight ahead. They went wherever their spirit wanted to go, and they didn’t turn as they moved.
13. The living creatures looked like burning coals and torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning came out of the fire.
14. The living creatures ran back and forth like lightning.
15. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them.