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Good News Translation
Ezekiel 1:17
so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
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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.
Easy-to-Read Version
They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved.
They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved.
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.
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
15 As I was looking at the four creatures I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them. 16 All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles, 17 so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions. 18 The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes. 19 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved with them, and if the creatures rose up from the earth, so did the wheels. 20 The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them. 21 So every time the creatures moved or stopped or rose in the air, the wheels did exactly the same. 22 Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal. 23 There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings toward the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings. 24 I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings,
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 my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world.
I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world.
Job 38:12
Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?
Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?
Psalms 8:1
O Lord , our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your praise reaches up to the heavens;
O Lord , our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your praise reaches up to the heavens;
Psalms 8:3
When I look at the sky, which you have made, at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—
When I look at the sky, which you have made, at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—
Acts 13:47
For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, so that all the world may be saved.'"
For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, so that all the world may 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.
