Ezekiel 1:17

The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.

18And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9They went without turning, every one went straight forward.

Ezekiel 10:1Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

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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