Ezekiel 1:15
13 In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
14 The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
16 The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.
17 As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
- KJV
- Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
- WEB
- Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
- ASV
- Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.
- DARBY
- And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.
- BLB
- And I looked [at] the living creatures, and behold, a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one with his four faces.
- ÅB
- Og jeg så livsvesenene, og se, det var et hjul på jorden ved siden av hvert av livsvesenene, og de vendte ut mot fire sider.
- OTB
- Mens jeg betraktet de levende skapningene, la jeg merke til et hjul på bakken ved siden av hver skapning med sine fire ansikter.
- B1930
- Og jeg så livsvesenene, og se, det var et hjul på jorden ved siden av hvert av livsvesenene, og de vendte ut mot fire sider.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 7:9
As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:9
Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:19–21
So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
Read in contextRevelation 4:7
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:6
but each had four faces and four wings.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:13–17
I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
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