^1:15Then I looked,³⁰ and I saw one wheel³¹ on the ground³² beside each of the four beings. ^1:16The appearance of the wheels and their construction³³ was like gleaming jasper,³⁴ and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.³⁵^1:17When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.

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Footnotes

30 The adds “at the living beings” which is absent from the .
31 Another vision which includes wheels on thrones occurs in Dan 7:9. Ezek 10 contains a vision similar to this one.
32 The Hebrew word may be translated either “earth” or “ground” in this context.
33 This word is omitted from the .
34 Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (); “beryl” (, , ); or “chrysolite” (, ).
35 Or “like a wheel at right angles to another wheel.” Some envision concentric wheels here, while others propose “a globe-like structure in which two wheels stand at right angles” (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [], 1:). The description given in v. 17 favors the latter idea.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them. As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl. And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When I looked at the living creatures, there was one wheel on the ground beside each of the four-faced creatures. The appearance of the wheels and their craftsmanship was like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their appearance and craftsmanship was like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved.

NLTNew Living Translation

As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each. The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it. The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth beside each of the living creatures that had four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl, and they all looked alike, and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

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