Ezekiel 1:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 1:16

14 And the living creatures ran back and forth, ^ain appearance like a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, ^aa wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.

16 ^aThe appearance of the wheels and their workings was ^blike the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

17 When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.

18 As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were ^afull of eyes, all around the four of them.

19 ^aWhen 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.

20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, ^afor the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21 When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with them, for the spirit of the¹ living creatures was in the wheels.

22 ^aThe likeness of the¹ firmament above the heads of the² living creatures was like the color of an awesome ^bcrystal, stretched out ^cover their heads.

23 And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.

24 ^aWhen they went, I heard the noise of their wings, ^blike the noise of many waters, like ^cthe voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings.

25 A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.

26 ^aAnd above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, ^bin appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above ^cit.

27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward ^aI saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

28 ^aLike the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. ^bThis was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, ^cI fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
As to the appearance of the wheels and their construction: in appearance they gleamed like chrysolite; and the four were formed alike, and their construction work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Contemporary English Version
shining like chrysolite. Each wheel was exactly the same and had a second wheel that cut through the middle of it,

Darby English Version
The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

Good News Bible
All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles,

King James 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.

New American Standard Bible
The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship {was} like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship {being} as if one wheel were within another.

New International Version
This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.

New King James Version
The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship resembled sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship seeming as if one wheel located within another.

Revised Standard Version
As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New English Translation
The appearance of the wheels and their construction¹ was like gleaming jasper,² and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.³

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