Ezekiel 1:15
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
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
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:9
And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:19–21
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Read in contextRevelation 4:7
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:6
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:13–17
As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
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