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[ref]◙OET-LV And_looked_at the_living_creatures and_see/lo/see a_wheel one on_the_earth beside the_living_creatures for_four his/its_faces/face.
UHB וָאֵ֖רֶא הַחַיּ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּה֩ אוֹפַ֨ן אֶחָ֥ד בָּאָ֛רֶץ אֵ֥צֶל הַחַיּ֖וֹת לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת פָּנָֽיו׃ ‡
(vāʼēreʼ haaḩuōt vəhinnēh ʼōfan ʼeḩād bāʼāreʦ ʼēʦel haaḩuōt ləʼarəbaˊat pānāyv.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
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.
WEB 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.
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 besideeach of the living creatures that had four faces.
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.
MOF No MOF 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.
DBY 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.
WBS Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.
KJB ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
BB 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 wheele upon the earth nigh/near to the beasts/animals, to every of the four before his face.)
GNV 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 wheele appeared upon the earth by the beasts/animals, having four faces.)
CB 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 whe 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, beside the beasts/animals.)
LUT 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, siehe, there stood a Rad on the earth bei the vier Tieren and was anzusehen like vier Räder.)
CLV Cumque aspicerem animalia, apparuit rota una super terram juxta animalia, habens quatuor facies.
(Cumque aspicerem animalia, apparuit rota una super the_earth/land yuxta animalia, habens quatuor facies.)
BRN And I looked, and, behold, the four had each one wheel on the ground near the living creatures.
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.)
1:15 The living creatures were not the only cause for fear—in their midst, Ezekiel saw four wheels that were part of a divine war chariot. Chariots were among the most feared weapons of war in the ancient world.
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
Connecting Statement:
Ezekiel continues to tell about his vision.