Ezekiel 1:21

When those went, the wheels went; and when those stood, the wheels stood; and when those lifted themselves off the earth, they were lifted off with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.

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In The King James Version

When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

In Context

20Wherever the cloud happened to be, there was the spirit ready to go: the wheels went and were lifted up with them; because the spirit of life was in the wheels.

22And the likeness over the heads of the living creatures was as a firmament, as the appearance of crystal, spread out over their wings above.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 10:17When they stood, the wheels stood; and when they mounted up, the wheels mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.

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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