Yehezkiel 10:9

10:9 As I watched, I noticed ¹  four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; ²  the wheels gleamed like jasper. ³ 

Yehezkiel 10:14

10:14 Each of the cherubim ⁴  had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, ⁵  the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

[10:9]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[10:9]  ² tn The MT repeats this phrase, a clear case of dittography.

[10:9]  ³ tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), and “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “each one”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ⁵ sn The living creature described here is thus slightly different from the one described in Ezek 1:10, where a bull’s face appeared instead of a cherub’s. Note that some English versions harmonize the two descriptions and read the same here as in 1:10 (cf. NAB, NLT “an ox”; TEV, CEV “a bull”). This may be justified based on v. 22, which states the creatures’ appearance was the same.