Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. New Living Translation As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. King James Bible Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. New King James Version Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. NASB 1977 Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. Legacy Standard Bible Then I looked at the living creatures, and behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four of them. Amplified Bible Now as I looked at the living beings, I saw one wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. Christian Standard Bible When I looked at the living creatures, there was one wheel on the ground beside each of the four-faced creatures. Holman Christian Standard Bible When I looked at the living creatures, there was one wheel on the ground beside each creature that had four faces. American Standard Version Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I saw the beasts, and behold, wheels in the earth on the side of these four beasts Brenton Septuagint Translation And I looked, and, behold, the four had each one wheel on the ground near the living creatures. Contemporary English Version I then noticed that on the ground beside each of the four living creatures was a wheel, Douay-Rheims Bible Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces. English Revised Version Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof. GOD'S WORD® Translation As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them. Good News Translation As I was looking at the four creatures I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them. International Standard Version As I observed the living beings, I noticed one wheel on the earth beside each being—that is, for the four of them. JPS Tanakh 1917 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof. Literal Standard Version And I see the living creatures, and behold, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces. Majority Standard Bible When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. New American Bible As I looked at the living creatures, I saw wheels on the ground, one alongside each of the four living creatures. NET Bible Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings. New Revised Standard Version 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 Heart English Bible Now as I saw the living creatures, look, there was a wheel on the ground beside each living creature with its four faces. Webster's Bible Translation Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. World English Bible Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it. Young's Literal Translation And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel is in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Four Wheels15When 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.… Cross References Ezekiel 1:19 So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. Ezekiel 3:13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound. Ezekiel 10:2 And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, "Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And as I watched, he went in. Ezekiel 10:9 Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone. Treasury of Scripture Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel on the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. one Ezekiel 1:19-21 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up… Ezekiel 10:9,13-17 And 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… Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. with Ezekiel 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. Revelation 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. Jump to Previous Beheld Beings Bottom Creature Creatures Earth Faces Four Ground Hard Side Thereof WheelJump to Next Beheld Beings Bottom Creature Creatures Earth Faces Four Ground Hard Side Thereof WheelEzekiel 1 1. The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.4. His vision of four cherubim; 15. of the four wheels; 26. and of the glory of God. (15) Behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures.--The prophet sees this while still looking intently upon the cherubim--" as I beheld the living creatures "--showing that it was still a part of one and the same vision. The wheel was one in the same sense in which the living creatures were one, yet actually four, as appears from the following verse and the whole subsequent description. In the corresponding vision (Ezekiel 10:9), they are at once described as four. The cherubim had been seen in the cloud (Ezekiel 1:4-5); now they need to be connected below with the earth, and presently (Ezekiel 1:26) above, with the throne of God. Therefore the wheel is "upon the earth," but of a great height (Ezekiel 1:18). There was a wheel in front of each of the cherubim, again forming a square, yet so that, as already said, they might in a sense be all considered as one wheel. Reference has been made for the origin of this imagery to the wheels under the ten bases of Solomon's Temple (1Kings 7:32-33); but there seems to be nothing either in size or form to correspond, and, so far as we know, the imagery here is purely original.Verse 15. - Behold one wheel, etc. As the prophet gazed, yet another marvel presented itself - a "wheel" was seen. It is "by" or "beside" (Revised Version) the living creatures, and "for each of the four faces thereof" (Revised Version); i.e. as the next verse states definitely, there were four wheels. We may compare the analogues of the "wheels" of fire in the theophany of Daniel 7:9, and the chariot of the cherubim in 1 Chronicles 28:18. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When I lookedוָאֵ֖רֶא (wā·’ê·re) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see at the living creatures, הַחַיּ֑וֹת (ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life I saw וְהִנֵּה֩ (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! a אֶחָ֥ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first wheel אוֹפַ֨ן (’ō·w·p̄an) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 212: A wheel on the ground בָּאָ֛רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land beside אֵ֥צֶל (’ê·ṣel) Preposition Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity each creature הַחַיּ֖וֹת (ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life with its four לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת (lə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ) Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 702: Four faces. פָּנָֽיו׃ (pā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Ezekiel 1:15 NIVEzekiel 1:15 NLT Ezekiel 1:15 ESV Ezekiel 1:15 NASB Ezekiel 1:15 KJV Ezekiel 1:15 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 1:15 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 1:15 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 1:15 French Bible Ezekiel 1:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 1:15 Now as I saw the living creatures (Ezek. 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