Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Ezekiel 1:4

I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

KJV

And 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.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֵ֡רֶאva.'E.re'and I sawH7200 →
וְהִנֵּה֩ve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
ר֨וּחַRu.acha wind ofH7307 →
סְעָרָ֜הse.'a.RahstormH5591 →
בָּאָ֣הba.'Ah[was] comingH935 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַצָּפ֗וֹןha.tza.Fonthe northH6828 →
עָנָ֤ן'a.Nana cloudH6051 →
גָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlgreatH1419 →
וְאֵ֣שׁve.'Eshand fireH784 →
מִתְלַקַּ֔חַתmit.la.Ka.chatflashingH3947 →
וְנֹ֥גַֽהּve.No.gahand brightnessH5051 →
ל֖וֹlo[belonged] to it
סָבִ֑יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439 →
וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּu.Mi.to.Khahand [was] from [the] middle of itH8432 →
כְּעֵ֥יןke.'Einlike [the] appearance ofH5869 →
הַחַשְׁמַ֖לha.chash.Mal<the> shining substanceH2830 →
מִתּ֥וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom [the] middle ofH8432 →
הָאֵֽשׁ׃ha.'Eshthe fireH784 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.Ezekiel 1:27From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.Ezekiel 8:2Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.Zechariah 6:6The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:Jeremiah 25:32This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”Exodus 19:16–18On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.Jeremiah 1:13–14Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.Deuteronomy 4:11–12You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.Ezekiel 10:8–9(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)Habakkuk 1:8–9Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Psalms 18:11–13He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Psalms 104:3–4laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

Featured studies on this passage

The Prophet Ezekiel (Sistine Chapel ceiling) — Michelangelo

On Ezekiel 1:4

Ezekiel, the Study Guide

Open the study →

Vasnetsov's Four Horsemen: Revelation 6

Walks through Ezekiel 1

Revelation, the Canon's Closing Scroll, MannaFest

Open the study →

The Ancient of Days — William Blake

Walks through Ezekiel 1

The Throne

Open the study →

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read chapter 1 →The featured study →
Continue: Ezekiel 1 →