Ezekiel 1 · Verse 19

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 1:19, King James Version

Ezekiel 1:19 in other translations

BSBSo as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
WEBWhen the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
ASVAnd when 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.
YLTAnd in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.
DARBYAnd when 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.
BBEAnd when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 1:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. went by them--went beside them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went - The wheels were attached to the living creatures, so that, in progress, they had the same motion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…

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Ezekiel 1:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙u.ve.Le.khetand when movedH1980
הַֽחַיּ֔וֹתha.chai.Yotthe living creaturesH2416
יֵלְכ֥וּye.le.Khuthey movedH1980
הָאוֹפַנִּ֖יםha.'o.fa.Nimthe wheelsH212
אֶצְלָ֑ם'etz.Lambeside themH681
וּבְהִנָּשֵׂ֤אu.ve.hi.na.Se'and when were lifted upH5375
הַֽחַיּוֹת֙ha.chai.yOtthe living creaturesH2416
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe groundH776
יִנָּשְׂא֖וּyi.na.se.'Uthey were lifted upH5375
הָאוֹפַנִּֽים\׃ha.'o.fa.Nimthe wheelsH212

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 1:19

  • Ezekiel 10:16

    And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

  • Ezekiel 10:19

    And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Psalms 103:20

    Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:16; Ps 103:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 1:20

    Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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Ezekiel 1:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando los animales andaban, las ruedas andaban junto á ellos: y cuando los animales se levantaban de la tierra, las ruedas se levantaban.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand les animaux allaient, les roues allaient à côté d’eux; et quand les animaux s’élevaient de dessus la terre, les roues s’élevaient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn die lebendigen Wesen gingen, so gingen die Räder neben ihnen; und wenn die lebendigen Wesen sich von der Erde erhoben, so erhoben sich die Räder.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque ambularent animalia, ambulabant pariter et rotæ juxta ea: et cum elevarentur animalia de terra, elevabantur simul et rotæ.