Ezekiel 10:9
7 Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
8 (The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)
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.
11 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.
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
- Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- ASV
- And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone.
- DARBY
- And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.
- BLB
- And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside the one cherub, and one wheel beside the one cherub; and the appearance of the wheels [was] like the eye of a stone of beryl.
- ÅB
- Og jeg så, og se, det var fire hjul ved siden av kjerubene, ett hjul ved hver kjerub, og hjulene var å se til som krysolitt.
- OTB
- Jeg så, og det var fire hjul ved siden av kjerubene, ett hjul ved siden av hver kjerub; hjulene glitret som en Tarsis-stein.
- B1930
- Og jeg så, og se, det var fire hjul ved siden av kjerubene, ett hjul ved hver kjerub, og hjulene var å se til som krysolitt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 21:20
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
Read in contextDaniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:15–17
When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
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