Ezekiel 1:15

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

13The living beings looked like bright coals of fire or brilliant torches, and lightning seemed to flash back and forth among them. 14And the living beings darted to and fro like flashes of lightning. As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each. 16The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it. 17The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.

Ezekiel 1:15 word by word

וָאֵ֖רֶא הַחַיּ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּה֩ אוֹפַ֨ן אֶחָ֥ד בָּאָ֛רֶץ אֵ֥צֶל הַחַיּ֖וֹת לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת פָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now as I beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the living creaturesחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• behold oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• wheelאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• byאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
• with his fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:15

• Ezekiel 1:19When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up, too.
• Ezekiel 10:9I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl.
• Daniel 7:9I watched as thrones were put in place and the Ancient One sat down to judge. His clothing was as white as snow, his hair like purest wool. He sat on a fiery throne with wheels of blazing fire,
• Ezekiel 1:6except that each had four faces and four wings.
• Revelation 4:7The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 1:15

• Angel (a Spirit)
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In the dictionaries

• Living creatures
• Assyria
• Cherubim (1)
• Creature
• Living Creature
• Luke, the Evangelist
• Prophecy; Prophets

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