Ezekiel 1:17
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When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.

and

Ezekiel 1:9,12 And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward. . . .

Ezekiel 10:1-11:25 And I saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. . . .

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Context
The Four Wheels
16And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel. 17When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.18The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 1:8
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they had faces, and wings on the four sides,

Ezekiel 1:9
And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.

Ezekiel 1:12
And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 10:11
And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.

Lexicon
As they moved,
בְּלֶכְתָּ֣ם (bə·leḵ·tām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

they went
יֵלֵ֑כוּ (yê·lê·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

any of the four
אַרְבַּ֥עַת (’ar·ba·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

directions,
רִבְעֵיהֶ֖ן (riḇ·‘ê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7253: Fourth part, four sides

without
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

pivoting
יִסַּ֖בּוּ (yis·sab·bū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

as they moved.
בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃ (bə·leḵ·tān)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk


Additional Translations
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.When they went, they went on their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.

They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;

When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not when they went.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they returned not when they went.

When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.

On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
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