Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
- BSB When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
- NKJV Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.
- NASB 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.
- NLT As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ezek 10:9I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Dan 7:9I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
- Ezek 1:6Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
- Rev 4:7The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
- Ezek 1:19–21When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
- Ezek 10:13–17As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
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