Ezekiel 1:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzekiel 1:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וָאֵ֡רֶא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וְהִנֵּה֩
hinnêh
H2009
behold
ר֨וּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
סְעָרָ֜ה
çaʻar
H5591
tempest
בָּאָ֣ה
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
מִן
min
H4480
from
הַצָּפ֗וֹן
tsâphôwn
H6828
north
עָנָ֤ן
ʻânân
H6051
cloud
גָּדוֹל֙
gâdôwl
H1419
great
וְאֵ֣שׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
מִתְלַקַּ֔חַת
lâqach
H3947
to take
וְנֹ֥גַֽהּ
nôgahh
H5051
brightness
ל֖וֹ
סָבִ֑יב
çâbîyb
H5439
round about
וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּ
tâvek
H8432
midst
כְּעֵ֥ין
ʻayin
H5869
eye
הַחַשְׁמַ֖ל
chashmal
H2830
amber
מִתּ֥וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
הָאֵֽשׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
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World English Bible Public Domain
I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then I looked, and there was a windstorm coming from the north; a great cloud with fire flashing within it and brightness surrounding it and inside of it, and the fire was the color of amber inside the cloud.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).