Ezekiel 1:18

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.

19And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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Cross References

Job 37:22A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

Psalms 97:2Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Zechariah 4:10For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

Revelation 4:8And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.

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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