^8:2As I watched, I noticed⁴ a form that appeared to be a man.⁵ From his waist downward was something like fire,⁶ and from his waist upward something like a brightness,⁷ like an amber glow.⁸

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Footnotes

4 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb (so also throughout the chapter).
5 The reads “fire” rather than “man,” the reading of the . The nouns are very similar in Hebrew.
6 The reads “what appeared to be his waist and downwards was fire.” The omits “what appeared to be,” reading “from his waist to below was fire.” Suggesting that “like what appeared to be” belongs before “fire,” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [], 1:) points out the resulting poetic symmetry of form with the next line as followed in the translation here.
7 The omits “like a brightness.”

Cross references

8 See Ezek 1:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I looked, and behold, a form that had the appearance of a man. Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I looked, and there was someone who looked like a man. From what seemed to be his waist down was fire, and from his waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.

NLTNew Living Translation

I saw a figure that appeared to be a man. From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like a burning flame. From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and I saw, and look! A figure like the appearance of a man; from the appearance of his waist and below was fire, and from his waist and upward was like the appearance of brightness, like the outward appearance of amber.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

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