Ezekiel 1:17

On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.

Young's Literal Translation

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 their works [is] as the colour of beryl, and one likeness [is] to them four, and their appearances and their works [are] as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.

18As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings [are] full of eyes round about them four.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

Ezekiel 10:1And I look, and lo, on the expanse that [is] above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen 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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