Verse 17
Ezekiel 1:17
Bible in Basic English
17
The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל אַרְבַּ֥עַת רִבְעֵי/הֶ֖ן בְּ/לֶכְתָּ֣/ם יֵלֵ֑כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּ/לֶכְתָּֽ/ן
English Translation
On four corners they shall walk; they shall not turn in their walking.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I...
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On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,
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The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans...
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And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming a...
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And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they...
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And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
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And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and...
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And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.
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They went without turning, every one went straight forward.
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As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a l...
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And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another,...
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Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on witho...
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And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after t...
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And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.
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Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the...
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The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and desig...
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The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
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And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.
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And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were l...
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Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit...
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When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when...
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And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched o...
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Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings cove...
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And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the...
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And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest th...
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And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire...
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And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what se...
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Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the...
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