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Ezekiel 1:17

God's holiness

15 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.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

19 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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 1:9

    Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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  • Ezekiel 1:12

    And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

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  • Ezekiel 10:1–11

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

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  • Isaiah 55:11

    So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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