Ezekiel Chapter 1 verse 17 Holy Bible
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
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The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
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When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
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When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
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When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
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On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - When they went, etc. The meaning seems to be that the relative position of the wheels and the living creatures was not altered by motion. On "they turned not," see note on ver. 9. All suggests the idea of orderly and harmonious working.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Upon their four sides--i.e., forwards or backwards upon the one wheel, and to the right or the left upon the other. Four directions are considered throughout the vision as representing all directions, just as elsewhere the four winds represent all winds, and the four corners of the earth the whole earth.
