Ezekiel 1:17

When they went, they went in their four directions. They did not turn when they went.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. And those four had one likeness, and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

18As for their rims, they were high and fearful. And those four had their rims full of eyes round about.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9Their wings were joined one to another. They did not turn when they went; they went each one straight forward.

Ezekiel 10:1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:16-26

The Vision of the Wheels. ( b. c. 595.) 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. 17 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… Read the whole commentary →

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