Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
Ezekiel 1:17 in other translations
| BSB | As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going. |
| DARBY | When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went. |
| BBE | The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side. |
| Webster | When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they returned not when they went. |
What does Ezekiel 1:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 1:15-25
Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady. We need not despond in adversity; the wheels are turning round and will raise us in due time, while those who presume in prosperity know not how soon they may be cast down. The wheel is near the living creatures; the angels…
Ezekiel 1:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 1:17
- Ezekiel 1:9
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezekiel 1:12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
- Ezekiel 10:1-11
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory. …
- Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9,12; 10:1-11:25; Isa 55:11
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Ezekiel 1:16
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.
- Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
- Ezekiel 1:18
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
Ezekiel 1:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando andaban, se movían sobre sus cuatro costados: no se volvían cuando andaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En allant, elles allaient sur leurs quatre côtés; elles ne se tournaient point quand elles allaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn sie gingen, so gingen sie nach ihren vier Seiten hin: sie wandten sich nicht, wenn sie gingen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Per quatuor partes earum euntes ibant, et non revertebantur cum ambularent. |