Ezekiel 10:10

Ezekiel 10:10 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
• New Living Translation (NLT)All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it.

Context of Ezekiel 10:10

8And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings. 9And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. 12And 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.

Ezekiel 10:10 word by word

וּמַ֨רְאֵיהֶ֔ם דְּמ֥וּת אֶחָ֖ד לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִהְיֶ֥ה הָאוֹפַ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאוֹפָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• their appearancesמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• they fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• had oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• likenessדְּמוּתdemûth · likenessH1823
• as if a wheelאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• had been in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Ezekiel 10:10

• Ezekiel 1:16The 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.
• Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
• Psalms 104:24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
• Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Commentaries on Ezekiel 10:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10A wheel had been in the midst of a wheel - It is difficult to comprehend this description. It is generally supposed to mean one wheel within another, cutting each other at right angles. This, in my opinion, will not account for the motions attributed to these wheels; nor can I see how, on this supposition, they could have any motion; for if one was moved on its axis, the other must be dragged contrary to its axis. I have conjectured it rather to mean a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart, would return to them, if they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-22The glory of the Lord did not leave the temple all at once. It moved slowly, step by step, almost as if it was unwilling to depart (Ezekiel 10:4). First, the glory of the Lord moved from above the cherubim in the Most Holy Place. Then it went to the entrance of the temple and stopped there for a time. After that, it rose above the cherubim again (Ezekiel 10:18) and moved to the east gate of the courtyard, where it paused once more (10:19). Eventually, the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. four had one likeness--In the wonderful variety of God's works there is the greatest harmony:-- "In human works, though labored on with pain, One thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's one single doth its end produce, Yet serves to second, too, some other use. (See on Eze 1:16). wheel ... in ... a wheel--cutting one another at fight angles, so that the whole might move in any of the four directions or quarters of the world. God's doings…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 10:10

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 10

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings