Ezekiel 1:17

When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

18The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.

Ezekiel 10:1And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the 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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