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 1:18 in other translations
| BSB | Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. |
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| WEB | As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around. |
| ASV | As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about. |
| YLT | As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings are full of eyes round about them four. |
| DARBY | As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about. |
| BBE | And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about. |
| Webster | As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes around them four. |
What does Ezekiel 1:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 1:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 1:18
- Ezekiel 10:12
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
- Revelation 4:6
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
- Revelation 4:8
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
- Psalms 97:2-5
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- Psalms 77:16-19
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- Job 37:22-24
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Zechariah 4:10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
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Job 37:22-24; Ps 77:16-19; 97:2-5; Isa 55:9
rings. or, stakes. full.
10:12; Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10; Re 4:6,8
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Context
- 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 1:19
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Ezekiel 1:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sus cercos eran altos y espantosos, y llenos de ojos alrededor en las cuatro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quant à leurs jantes, elles étaient hautes et terribles, – et leurs jantes, à toutes les quatre, étaient pleines d’yeux tout autour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihre Felgen, sie waren hoch und furchtbar; und ihre Felgen waren voll Augen ringsum bei den vieren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Statura quoque erat rotis, et altitudo, et horribilis aspectus: et totum corpus oculis plenum in circuitu ipsarum quatuor. |