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Ezekiel 1:17
They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved.
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Christian Standard Bible®
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved.
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved.
Hebrew Names Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
King James Version
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
English Standard Version
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
New American Standard Bible
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
New Century Version
When they moved, they went in any one of the four directions, without turning as they went.
When they moved, they went in any one of the four directions, without turning as they went.
Amplified Bible
Whenever they moved, they went in any [one] of their four directions without turning as they moved.
Whenever they moved, they went in any [one] of their four directions without turning as they moved.
World English Bible
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe they went, they went vpo their foure sides, and they returned not when they went.
Whe they went, they went vpo their foure sides, and they returned not when they went.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
Legacy Standard Bible
Whenever they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
Whenever they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
Berean Standard Bible
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
Contemporary English Version
so that they could move in any direction without turning.
so that they could move in any direction without turning.
Complete Jewish Bible
When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions without turning as they moved.
When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions without turning as they moved.
Darby Translation
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
George Lamsa Translation
When they went, they went upon four sides; and they turned not when they went; and wherever the first one turned to go, the other went after it, and turned not.
When they went, they went upon four sides; and they turned not when they went; and wherever the first one turned to go, the other went after it, and turned not.
Good News Translation
so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
Lexham English Bible
When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.
When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.
Literal Translation
They went on the four of their sides in their going, they did not turn in their going.
They went on the four of their sides in their going, they did not turn in their going.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When one wente forwarde, they wente all foure, and turned the not aboute i their goinge.
When one wente forwarde, they wente all foure, and turned the not aboute i their goinge.
American Standard Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
Bible in Basic English
The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went.
King James Version (1611)
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: and they returned not when they went.
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: and they returned not when they went.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: they returned not backe when they went.
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: they returned not backe when they went.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;
They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;
English Revised Version
When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not when they went.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tho goynge yeden bi foure partis of tho, and turneden not ayen, whanne tho yeden.
Tho goynge yeden bi foure partis of tho, and turneden not ayen, whanne tho yeden.
Update Bible Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they did not turn when they went.
When they went, they went in their four directions: they did not turn when they went.
Webster's Bible Translation
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they returned not when they went.
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they returned not when they went.
New English Translation
When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.
When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.
New King James Version
When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.
When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.
New Living Translation
The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.
The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.
New Life Bible
When they moved, they went in one of their four ways, without turning as they went.
When they moved, they went in one of their four ways, without turning as they went.
New Revised Standard
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go, - they turned not when they went.
Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go, - they turned not when they went.
Douay-Rheims Bible
When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
Revised Standard Version
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
Young's Literal Translation
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
THE MESSAGE
They went in any one of the four directions they faced, but straight, not veering off. The rims were immense, circled with eyes. When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off. Wherever the spirit went, they went, the wheels sticking right with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures went, the wheels went; when the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; when the creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
They went in any one of the four directions they faced, but straight, not veering off. The rims were immense, circled with eyes. When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off. Wherever the spirit went, they went, the wheels sticking right with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures went, the wheels went; when the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; when the creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Contextual Overview
15I was looking at the living beings when I noticed four wheels that touched the ground. There was one wheel by each living being. All the wheels looked the same. The wheels looked as if they were made from a clear, yellow jewel. They looked like there was a wheel inside a wheel. 17 They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved. 18 The rims of the wheels were tall and frightening. There were eyes all over the rims of all four wheels. 19 The wheels always moved with the living beings. If the living beings went up into the air, the wheels went with them. 20 They went wherever the spirit wanted them to go, and the wheels went with them, because the power that moved the living being was in the wheels. 21 So if the living beings moved, the wheels moved. If the living beings stopped, the wheels stopped. If the wheels went into the air, the living beings went with them, because the spirit was in the wheels. 22 There was an amazing thing over the heads of the living beings. It was like a bowl turned upside down, and the bowl was clear like crystal. 23 Under this bowl, each living being had wings reaching out to the one next to it. Two wings spread out one way and two wings spread out the other way, covering its body. 24 Then I heard the wings. Every time the living beings moved, their wings made a very loud noise like a lot of water rushing by. They were loud like the Lord All-Powerful. They were as loud as an army or a crowd of people. When the living beings stopped moving, they put their wings down by their side. 25 The living beings stopped moving and lowered their wings. Then there was another loud sound that came from above the bowl over their heads.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and: Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:1 - Ezekiel 11:25, Isaiah 55:11
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 10:11 - they went upon Ezekiel 10:19 - the cherubims Ezekiel 46:9 - he that entereth in
Cross-References
Genesis 9:13
I am putting a rainbow in the clouds as proof of the agreement between me and the earth.
I am putting a rainbow in the clouds as proof of the agreement between me and the earth.
Job 38:12
"Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn?
"Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn?
Psalms 8:1
To the director: With the gittith. A song of David.
Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth! It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.Psalms 8:3
I look at the heavens you made with your hands. I see the moon and the stars you created.
I look at the heavens you made with your hands. I see the moon and the stars you created.
Acts 13:47
This is what the Lord told us to do: ‘I have made you a light for the other nations, to show people all over the world the way to be saved.'"
This is what the Lord told us to do: ‘I have made you a light for the other nations, to show people all over the world the way to be saved.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When they went, they went upon their four sides,.... On either of their crossing rings, as they were directed by the living creatures, at whose side they stood:
[and] they returned not when they went; they had no need to turn about when they were to go east, west, north, or south, as wheels usually do; but they turned upon the crossing ring, which was towards either of the four points. This denotes the perseverance of the churches, and the true members thereof, in faith and practice; they do not turn back, nor look back, but go right on, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in all his, ways and ordinances.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Upon their four sides - i. e. straight in the direction toward which their faces looked. Since the four quarters express all directions, the construction of the living creatures was such that they could move in each direction alike.
