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Ezekiel 1:17
When they moved, they went in one of their four ways, without turning as they went.
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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.
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 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 looked at the living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth beside each of the living beings with its four faces. 16 The way the wheels were made, they looked like shining chrysolite stone. All four of them looked the same. They were made to look as if one wheel were within another. 17 When they moved, they went in one of their four ways, without turning as they went. 18 The wheels were so high that they caused fear. And all four of them were full of eyes all around. 19 When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And when the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 Whatever way the spirit would go, they would go that way. And the wheels rose close beside them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. 21 When the living beings moved, they moved. When the beings stood still, they stood still. And when the beings rose up from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them. For the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. 22 Over the heads of the living beings there was something that looked like the sky. It shined like crystal and spread over their heads. 23 Under this covering their wings were spread out straight, one toward the other. Each one also had two wings covering their bodies on one side and on the other. 24 When they went, I heard the sound of their wings. They sounded like many waters, like the voice of the All-powerful. They sounded like the noise of an army camp. Whenever they stood still, they let down 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 will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement between Me and the earth.
I will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement between Me and the earth.
Job 38:12
"Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its place,
"Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its place,
Psalms 8:1
O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.
O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.
Psalms 8:3
When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place,
When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place,
Acts 13:47
The Lord gave us a work to do. He said, ‘You are to be a light to the people who are not Jews. You are to preach so that men over all the earth can be saved from the punishment of their sins.'"
The Lord gave us a work to do. He said, ‘You are to be a light to the people who are not Jews. You are to preach so that men over all the earth can be saved from the punishment of their sins.'"
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.
