Ezekiel 1:16
The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the gleam of beryl, and all four looked alike. Their appearance and structure were as if a wheel were within a wheel.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of a beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The 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.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The fashion & worke of the wheles was like the see. The foure wheles were ioyned and made (to loke vpon) as it had bene one whele in another.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The facion of the wheeles and their worke was like vnto a chrysolite: and they foure had one forme, and their facion, and their worke was as one wheele in another wheele.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The fashion & worke of the wheeles was lyke the colour of Tharsis, and they foure had one fashion, and their fashion & their worke was as though it were a wheele in ye middle of a wheele.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
The appearance of the wheels and their works `is' as the colour of beryl, and one likeness `is' to them four, and their appearances and their works `are' as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
American Standard Version (1901)
The 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.
American Standard Version (1901)
The 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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.
World English Bible (2000)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.
Referenced Verses
- Dan 10:6 : 6 His body was like beryl, his face shone like lightning, and his eyes were like flaming torches. His arms and legs gleamed like polished bronze, and the sound of his words was like a multitude.
- Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
- Eph 3:10 : 10 so that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places,
- Exod 39:13 : 13 The fourth row was a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree settings.
- Job 9:10 : 10 He performs great and unsearchable things, and wonders without number.
- Ps 36:6 : 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Ps 40:5 : 5 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not turn to the proud or to those who follow falsehoods.
- Ezek 10:9-9 : 9 I looked, and I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a beryl stone. 10 All four wheels looked alike in their appearance, resembling a wheel within a wheel. 11 When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without turning as they went. They followed the direction the head faced and did not turn as they moved.
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- Ezek 1:4-1512 verses91%
4I looked, and there was a stormy wind coming from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire inside it and a bright light surrounding it. From within the fire there was something that gleamed like amber.
5From its center came the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had a human-like form.
6Each of them had four faces and four wings.
7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of a calf’s foot, gleaming like polished bronze.
8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. All four of them had faces and wings.
9Their wings touched one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a human, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left side the face of an ox, and each also had the face of an eagle.
11Their faces and their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings touching those of another and two covering their bodies.
12Each went straight ahead in the direction the spirit was guiding them. They did not turn as they moved.
13The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the living creatures. It was radiant, and lightning flashed out of it.
14The living creatures darted back and forth like flashes of lightning.
15As I looked at the living creatures, I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four living creatures.
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9I looked, and I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a beryl stone.
10All four wheels looked alike in their appearance, resembling a wheel within a wheel.
11When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without turning as they went. They followed the direction the head faced and did not turn as they moved.
12Their entire bodies, backs, hands, wings, and the wheels were completely covered with eyes all around—the wheels belonged to all four of them.
13I heard the wheels being called 'whirling wheels' in my hearing.
14Each cherub had four faces: one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River.
16When the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not turn away but stayed close to them.
17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
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17They could move in any of the four directions without turning as they moved.
18Their rims were tall and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
19When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
20Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose from the ground, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.
23Under the expanse, their wings were spread out straight, one toward another, and each creature had two wings covering its body on one side and two wings covering its body on the other side.
24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings.
25A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
26Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it.
27I saw something like a gleaming metal, as if it were glowing amber, with a fiery appearance all around it. From what appeared to be his waist upward, and from his waist downward, I saw an appearance like fire and a brilliant radiance surrounding him.
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32The four wheels were under the frames, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. Each wheel was one and a half cubits high.
33The workmanship of the wheels was like that of a chariot wheel; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all cast metal.
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1I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them.
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- Ezek 10:19-224 verses75%
19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the ground, with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.
21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands.
22Their faces looked like those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead, in the direction of its face.
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6When He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, 'Take fire from within the wheels, from among the cherubim,' the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
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22Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
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3The one seated there had an appearance like jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.