Ezekiel 1:15

What does Ezekiel 1:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 1:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel <FI>is<Fi> in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.

Context

v.14And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

v.15This passage

v.16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 1:6

    and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

  • Daniel 7:9

    I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

  • Ezekiel 10:13

    As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.

  • Ezekiel 1:19

    And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

  • Revelation 4:7

    And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

  • Ezekiel 10:9

    And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone.

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