²²Now^s the likeness above the heads of the living creatures was an expanse like the outward appearance of awesome^t ice^u spread out above their heads upward.^v ²³And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight one toward the other;^w each had two wings covering them, and each had two wings covering their bodies. ²⁴And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the voice of Shaddai,^x and when they moved^y there was a sound of tumult like the sound of an army; when they stood still^z they lowered their wings. ²⁵And there was^a a sound from above the expanse that was above their heads, and when they stood^b they lowered their wings. ²⁶And from above the expanse that was above their heads there was the likeness of a throne, looking like a sapphire,^c and above the likeness of the throne was a likeness similar to^d the appearance of a human on it, but above it.^e ²⁷And I saw something like the outward appearance of amber, something like the appearance of fire, with a covering around it, from the likeness of his loins and upward.^f And from the likeness of his loins and downward^g I saw something like the appearance of fire, and it was radiant all around.^h ²⁸Like the appearanceⁱ of a bow that is in the cloud on a rainy day,^j such was the radiance^k around it; thus was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.

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Footnotes

sOr “And”
tLiterally “terrible”
uLiterally “frozen water”
vLiterally “from to upward”
wLiterally “each towards its sister”
xOften translated “Almighty”
yLiterally “at their going”
zLiterally “at their standing”
aOr “it was”
bLiterally “at their standing”
cLiterally “the appearance of a stone of sapphire”
dOr “like”
eLiterally “from to above”
fLiterally “to above”
gLiterally “to down”
hLiterally “brightness was for it around”
iOr “likeness”
jLiterally “the day of the rain”
kOr “brightness”