Ezekiel 1:17

Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go,—they turned not when they went.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 of their structure was like a Tarshish-stone to look upon, and they four had one likeness,—and their appearance and their structure were just as would be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

18As for their rings, they were so high that they were terrible, -and their rings full of eyes round about, had they four.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9joined to each other, were their wings,—they turned not when they went, each one straight before him, did they go;

Ezekiel 10:1Then looked I and lo! in the expanse which was over the head of the cherubim as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, appeared over 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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