5. Inside the cloud were what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like men.
6. Each of them had four faces. And each of them had four wings.
7. Their legs were straight. Their feet were like a calf’s hooves. And they sparkled like polished bronze.
8. The living creatures had men’s hands. They were under their wings on their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.
9. And their wings touched each other. The living creatures did not turn when they moved. Each went straight ahead.
10. Their faces looked like this: In front each living creature had the face of a man. Each one had the face of a lion on the right side. Each one had the face of an ox on the left side. And in back each one had the face of an eagle.
11. This was what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings that touched one of the other living creatures. Each living creature had two wings that covered its body.
12. Each went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, the living creatures would also go. When they went, they did not turn.
13. The living creatures looked like burning coals of fire. They were like torches. Fire went back and forth among the living creatures. It was bright, and lightning flashed from it.
14. The living creatures ran back and forth like bolts of lightning.
15. Now I looked at the living creatures. And I saw a wheel on the ground by each of the living creatures with its four faces.
16. The wheels and the way they were made were like this: They looked like sparkling chrysolite. All four of them looked the same. The wheels looked like one wheel crossways inside another wheel.
17. When they moved, they went in any one of the four directions. They did not turn as they went.
18. I saw the rims of the wheels. The rims were full of eyes all around.