Ezekiel 1:15-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵^(A) I then noticed that on the ground beside each of the four living creatures was a wheel,^[a] ¹⁶shining like chrysolite.^[b] Each wheel was exactly the same and had a second wheel that cut through the middle of it,^[c] ¹⁷so that they could move in any direction without turning. ¹⁸^(B) The rims of the wheels were large and frightening, and they had eyes all the way around them.^[d] ^19-21The creatures controlled when and where the wheels moved—the wheels went wherever the four creatures went and stopped whenever they stopped. Even when the creatures flew in the air, the wheels were beside them.

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Footnotes

1.15 wheel: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 15.
1.16 chrysolite: A precious stone that has an olive green color.
1.16 a second wheel that cut through the middle of it: Or “a smaller wheel inside it.”
1.18 them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.