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The Four Wheels

Ezekiel 1:17

In 11 translations

BSB
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
KJV
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
WEB
When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
ASV
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
LSV
On their four sides, in their going they go, they do not turn around in their going.
YLT
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
DBY
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
DRC
When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
GNV
Whe they went, they went vpon their foure sides, and they returned not when they went.
JPS
When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went.
LXXE
They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עַל־אַרְבַּ֥עַת רִבְעֵיהֶ֖ן בְּלֶכְתָּ֣ם יֵלֵ֑כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπὶ τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη αὐτῶν ἐπορεύοντο· οὐκ ἐπέστρεφον ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτὰ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 1:9and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
  • Ezekiel 1:12Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
  • Ezekiel 10:1–11And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire. And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your…
  • Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

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