EZE 1:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τροχὸς εἷς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐχόμενος τῶν ζώων τοῖς τέσσαρσι.
(Kai idon, kai idou troⱪos heis epi taʸs gaʸs eⱪomenos tōn zōōn tois tessarsi. )

BrTr And I looked, and, behold, the four had each one wheel on the ground near the living creatures.

ULT Then I looked at the living creatures; and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of living creatures with its four faces.

UST While I looked at the four living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them.

BSB § When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.

OEB And I beheld the living creatures, and lo, a wheel was on the ground beside each of the four living creatures.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.

LSV And I see the living creatures, and behold, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

FBV As I was watching these beings, I noticed a wheel on the ground next to each of the beings with their four faces.

T4T While I looked at the four living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them.

LEB And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth[fn] beside each of the living creatures that had four faces.[fn]

1:15 Or “ground”

1:15 Literally “the living creatures for the four of his/its faces.” The LXX has “for the four of them.”

BBE Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.

Moff No Moff EZE book available

JPS Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof.

ASV Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

DRA Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.

YLT And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

Drby And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.

RV Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

Wbstr Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

KJB-1769 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

KJB-1611 ¶ Now as I behelde the liuing creatures: behold one wheele vpon the earth by the liuing creatures, with his foure faces.
(¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures: behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.)

Bshps When I had considered the beastes, beholde a wheele vpon the earth nye to the beastes, to euery of the foure before his face.
(When I had considered the beasts/animals, behold a wheel upon the earth nigh/near to the beasts/animals, to every of the four before his face.)

Gnva Nowe as I behelde the beastes, beholde, a wheele appeared vpon the earth by the beastes, hauing foure faces.
(Now as I beheld the beasts/animals, behold, a wheel appeared upon the earth by the beasts/animals, having four faces. )

Cvdl Now whe I had well considered the beestes, I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes.
(Now when I had well considered the beasts/animals, I saw a work off wheles upon the earth with four faces also like the beasts/animals.)

Wyc And whanne Y bihelde the beestis, o wheel, hauuynge foure faces, apperide on the erthe, bisidis the beestis.
(And when I bihelde the beasts/animals, o wheel, hauuynge four faces, appeared on the earth, besides the beasts/animals.)

Luth Als ich die Tiere so sah, siehe, da stund ein Rad auf der Erde bei den vier Tieren und war anzusehen wie vier Räder.
(Als I the Tiere so saw, look, there stood a Rad on the/of_the earth at the four Tieren and what/which anzusehen like four Räder.)

ClVg Cumque aspicerem animalia, apparuit rota una super terram juxta animalia, habens quatuor facies.
(Cumque aspicerem animalia, apparuit rota una over the_earth/land next_to animalia, habens four faces. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

God’s Glory with His People

In ancient Israel, God’s glory was particularly manifest at the central sanctuaries that had been built for him. When the Israelites completed construction of the Tabernacle, that sacred space became filled with the glory of the Lord (Exod 40:34-35). Likewise, after the Temple was completed and the Ark of the Covenant was brought in, God’s glorious presence filled the Temple (1 Kgs 8:10-11).

The presence and absence of God’s glory is a central theme in the book of Ezekiel. God’s glory appears to the prophet Ezekiel while he is exiled in Babylon, meaning that his glory was no longer present at the Temple in Jerusalem. The reason God’s glory had departed from the Temple at that time becomes clear in Ezekiel’s vision in Ezekiel 8–11, in which the prophet sees the abominations that had polluted the Temple in Jerusalem. Without God’s presence, the Temple had become an empty shell awaiting destruction. God was not forcibly evicted by the superior might of the Babylonian army; he voluntarily departed because his people were defiled. Their sin drove him away from the land he had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For a time, the Lord went from Jerusalem to Babylon to become a sanctuary for the exiles there (see 11:16).

God would not abandon his Temple forever. After pouring out his wrath in full measure, he would restore a remnant to their land and sanctify them by his Spirit so that he could once again dwell in their midst in a new sanctuary (37:26). God’s glory, dwelling among his people forever (43:1-5), is at the heart of Ezekiel’s vision of their restoration.

The glory of God has come to live among us fully in the person of Jesus Christ. As John testifies, “We have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son” (John 1:14). The aged Simeon saw the baby Jesus brought to the Temple and described him as “a light to reveal God to the nations, and . . . the glory of your people Israel” (Luke 2:32). Jesus’ glory was veiled while he was on earth, though for a moment on the Mount of Transfiguration his radiance was revealed to his closest disciples (Matt 17:2). He experienced his own abandonment by God as he hung on the cross, bearing the curse for our sin (Matt 27:46). Now, as the exalted and glorified Lord, he sits at God’s right hand (Eph 1:19-20). By his Spirit, he has promised never to abandon us, but to be with us to the end of time (Matt 28:20).

Passages for Further Study

Exod 15:11; 33:18–34:8; 40:34; Ps 19:1-11; Isa 4:5-6; 6:3; 40:5; 42:8; 43:7; 58:8; 60:1-2; Ezek 1:1-28; 11:16; 37:26; 43:1-5; 44:4; Hab 2:14; Matt 17:2; 28:20; Luke 2:32; John 1:14; 2 Cor 4:4-6; Heb 1:3; Rev 21:10-11, 23

Parallel EZE 1:15

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