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Friday, November 29th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 1:17

The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Wheel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beasts;   Cherub;   Ezekiel;   Vision;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cherubim;   Ezekiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Cherub, Cherubim;   Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Seraphim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Living Creatures;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cherub;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Side;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Living Creature;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cabala;   Cherub;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved.
New American Standard Bible
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
New Century Version
When they moved, they went in any one of the four directions, without turning as they went.
New English Translation
When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.
Update Bible Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they did not turn when they went.
Webster's Bible Translation
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they returned not when they went.
Amplified Bible
Whenever they moved, they went in any [one] of their four directions without turning as they moved.
English Standard Version
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
World English Bible
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tho goynge yeden bi foure partis of tho, and turneden not ayen, whanne tho yeden.
English Revised Version
When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not when they went.
Berean Standard Bible
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
Contemporary English Version
so that they could move in any direction without turning.
American Standard Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
Bible in Basic English
The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
Complete Jewish Bible
When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions without turning as they moved.
Darby Translation
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went.
King James Version (1611)
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: and they returned not when they went.
New Life Bible
When they moved, they went in one of their four ways, without turning as they went.
New Revised Standard
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe they went, they went vpo their foure sides, and they returned not when they went.
George Lamsa Translation
When they went, they went upon four sides; and they turned not when they went; and wherever the first one turned to go, the other went after it, and turned not.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go, - they turned not when they went.
Douay-Rheims Bible
When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
Revised Standard Version
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When they went, they went vpon their foure sides: they returned not backe when they went.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;
Good News Translation
so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
Christian Standard Bible®
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved.
Hebrew Names Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
King James Version
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
Lexham English Bible
When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.
Literal Translation
They went on the four of their sides in their going, they did not turn in their going.
Young's Literal Translation
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When one wente forwarde, they wente all foure, and turned the not aboute i their goinge.
THE MESSAGE
They went in any one of the four directions they faced, but straight, not veering off. The rims were immense, circled with eyes. When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off. Wherever the spirit went, they went, the wheels sticking right with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures went, the wheels went; when the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; when the creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
New King James Version
When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.
Legacy Standard Bible
Whenever they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.

Contextual Overview

15 As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each. 16 The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it. 17 The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. 18 The rims of the four wheels were tall and frightening, and they were covered with eyes all around. 19 When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up, too. 20 The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went. 21 When the beings moved, the wheels moved. When the beings stopped, the wheels stopped. When the beings flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. 22 Spread out above them was a surface like the sky, glittering like crystal. 23 Beneath this surface the wings of each living being stretched out to touch the others' wings, and each had two wings covering its body. 24 As they flew, their wings sounded to me like waves crashing against the shore or like the voice of the Almighty or like the shouting of a mighty army. When they stopped, they let down their wings.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and: Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:1 - Ezekiel 11:25, Isaiah 55:11

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 10:11 - they went upon Ezekiel 10:19 - the cherubims Ezekiel 46:9 - he that entereth in

Cross-References

Genesis 9:13
I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.
Job 38:12
"Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
Psalms 8:1

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.

O Lord , our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
Psalms 8:3
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
Acts 13:47
For the Lord gave us this command when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When they went, they went upon their four sides,.... On either of their crossing rings, as they were directed by the living creatures, at whose side they stood:

[and] they returned not when they went; they had no need to turn about when they were to go east, west, north, or south, as wheels usually do; but they turned upon the crossing ring, which was towards either of the four points. This denotes the perseverance of the churches, and the true members thereof, in faith and practice; they do not turn back, nor look back, but go right on, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in all his, ways and ordinances.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon their four sides - i. e. straight in the direction toward which their faces looked. Since the four quarters express all directions, the construction of the living creatures was such that they could move in each direction alike.


 
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