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The Four Wheels

Ezekiel 1:15

In 11 translations

BSB
When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
KJV
¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
WEB
Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
ASV
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.
LSV
And I see the living creatures, and behold, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.
YLT
And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.
DBY
And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.
DRC
Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
GNV
Nowe as I behelde the beastes, beholde, a wheele appeared vpon the earth by the beastes, hauing foure faces.
JPS
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof.
LXXE
And I looked, and, behold, the four had each one wheel on the ground near the living creatures.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֵ֖רֶא הַחַיּ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּה֩ אוֹפַ֨ן אֶחָ֥ד בָּאָ֛רֶץ אֵ֥צֶל הַחַיּ֖וֹת לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת פָּנָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τροχὸς εἷς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐχόμενος τῶν ζώων τοῖς τέσσαρσι.

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  • Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels…
  • Ezekiel 10:9Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
  • Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
  • Ezekiel 1:19–21So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them,…
  • Ezekiel 1:6but each had four faces and four wings.
  • Ezekiel 10:13–17I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.” Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle. Then…

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