Ezekiel 1:14-16
Lexham English Bible
14 And the living creatures were speeding to and fro[a] like the appearance of lightning.
15 And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth[b] beside each of the living creatures that had four faces.[c] 16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl,[d] and they all looked alike,[e] and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel.[f]
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- Ezekiel 1:14 Literally “sped forth and returned”
- Ezekiel 1:15 Or “ground”
- Ezekiel 1:15 Literally “the living creatures for the four of his/its faces.” The LXX has “for the four of them.”
- Ezekiel 1:16 Or “chrysolite,” or “topaz”; this stone is difficult to identify exactly
- Ezekiel 1:16 Literally “likeness was one for the four of them”
- Ezekiel 1:16 Literally “as that it was a wheel in the midst of a wheel”
Ezekiel 1:14-16
King James Version
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 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.
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Ezekiel 1:14-16
English Standard Version
14 And the living creatures (A)darted to and fro, (B)like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 (C)Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.[a] 16 (D)As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like (E)the gleaming of beryl. (F)And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.
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- Ezekiel 1:15 Hebrew of their faces
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