Ezekiel 1:15-21
Contemporary English Version
15 (A) I then noticed that on the ground beside each of the four living creatures was a wheel,[a] 16 shining like chrysolite.[b] Each wheel was exactly the same and had a second wheel that cut through the middle of it,[c] 17 so that they could move in any direction without turning. 18 (B) The rims of the wheels were large and frightening, and they had eyes all the way around them.[d] 19-21 The creatures controlled when and where the wheels moved—the wheels went wherever the four creatures went and stopped whenever they stopped. Even when the creatures flew in the air, the wheels were beside them.
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- 1.15 wheel: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 15.
- 1.16 chrysolite: A precious stone that has an olive green color.
- 1.16 a second wheel that cut through the middle of it: Or “a smaller wheel inside it.”
- 1.18 them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.
Ezekiel 1:15-21
New International Version
15 As I looked at the living creatures,(A) I saw a wheel(B) on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz,(C) and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction(D) as the creatures went. 18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes(E) all around.
19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go,(F) and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.(G)
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