New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 1:15
15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 1wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for 2each of the four of them.
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 beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings ran back and forth like bolts of lightning. Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. 16The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling topaz, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning 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
Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:15
- Ezekiel 1:19Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also.
- Ezekiel 10:9Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone.
- Daniel 7:9“I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
- Ezekiel 1:6Each of them had four faces and four wings.
- Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
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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Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 1:15 Ezek 1:19-21; 10:9 ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 1:15 Lit his four faces ↩
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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