11. Two wings of each creature were raised so that they touched the tips of the wings of the creatures next to it, and their other two wings were folded against their bodies.
12. Each creature faced all four directions, and so the group could go wherever they wished, without having to turn.
13. Among the creatures there was something that looked like a blazing torch, constantly moving. The fire would blaze up and shoot out flashes of lightning.
14. The creatures themselves darted to and fro with the speed of lightning.
15. As I was looking at the four creatures, I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them.
16. All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles,
17. so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
18. The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes.
19. Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved with them, and if the creatures rose up from the earth, so did the wheels.
20. The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them.
21. So every time the creatures moved or stopped or rose in the air, the wheels did exactly the same.
22. Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.
23. There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings towards the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings.
24. I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings,
25. but there was still a sound coming from above the dome over their heads.
26. Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being.