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Ezekiel 1:17

God's holiness

15 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.

As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

19 So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

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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
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
KJV
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
WEB
When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
ASV
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
DARBY
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
BLB
Upon their four sides, in their going they went, [and] they did not turn aside in their going.
ÅB
Til alle fire sider gikk de når de gikk; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk.
OTB
Når de beveget seg, gikk de i en av de fire retningene uten å trenge å snu når de beveget seg.
B1930
Til alle fire sider gikk de når de gikk; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 1:9

    and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

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  • Ezekiel 1:12

    Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

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  • Ezekiel 10:1–11

    And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

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  • Isaiah 55:11

    so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

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