Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 1:15
15When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
Ezekiel 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
- New International Version (NIV)As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.
Context of Ezekiel 1:15
13In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. 14The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning. When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel. 17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
Read all of Ezekiel 1Ezekiel 1:15 word by word
וָאֵ֖רֶא הַחַיּ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּה֩ אוֹפַ֨ן אֶחָ֥ד בָּאָ֛רֶץ אֵ֥צֶל הַחַיּ֖וֹת לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת פָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
- When I lookedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- at the living creaturesחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
- I sawהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
- aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- wheelאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
- on the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- besideאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
- with its fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:15
- Ezekiel 1:19So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
- Ezekiel 10:9Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
- Ezekiel 1:6but each had four faces and four wings.
- Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15One wheel upon the earth - It seems at first view there were four wheels, one for each of the living creatures; that is, the creatures were compound, so were the wheels, for there was "a wheel in the middle of a wheel." And it is generally supposed that these wheels cut each other at right angles up and down: and this is the manner in which they are generally represented; but most probably the wheel within means merely the nave in which the spokes are…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Translate it: “one wheel upon the earth by” each of “the liviing creatures” on his four sides (i. e. on the four sides of each of the living creatures). There was a wheel to “each” of the living creatures: it was set “by,” i. e. immediately “beneath” the feet of the living creature, and was constructed for direct motion in any of the four lines in which the creatures themselves moved. Their “work” or make, i. e. their construction, was “a wheel in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 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 are employed as ministers of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The living creatures were not the only reason for fear. Among them, Ezekiel saw four wheels. These wheels were part of a divine war chariot (a chariot that symbolized God’s power in battle). In the ancient world, chariots were powerful weapons of war. Many people feared them because they moved quickly and caused great destruction.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. one wheel--The "dreadful height" of the wheel (Eze 1:18) indicates the gigantic, terrible energy of the complicated revolutions of God's providence, bringing about His purposes with unerring certainty. One wheel appeared traversely within another, so that the movement might be without turning, whithersoever the living creatures might advance (Eze 1:17). Thus each wheel was composed of two circles cutting one another at right angles, "one" only of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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