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Ezekiel 10:11

God's holiness

9 Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

10 As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.

13 I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

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BSB
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
KJV
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
WEB
When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.
ASV
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
DARBY
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.
BLB
In their going toward four directions, they did go; they did not turn aside in their going; for the place where the head turned, toward it they would go; they did not turn aside In their going.
ÅB
Når de gikk, gikk de til alle fire sider; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk, men til den kant som den forreste var vendt imot, dit gikk de; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk.
OTB
Når de beveget seg, gikk de i en av de fire retningene uten å snu seg mens de gikk; de beveget seg i den retningen de vendte, uten å snu seg.
B1930
Når de gikk, gikk de til alle fire sider; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk, men til den kant som den forreste var vendt imot, dit gikk de; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 1:17

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

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  • Ezekiel 10:22

    Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

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  • Ezekiel 1:20

    Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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  • Matthew 8:8–10

    The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

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