King James Version
Ezekiel 1:17 in the King James Version says “When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.”
Ezekiel 1:17 · KJV
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.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. and their rings: or, and their strakes
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and they turned”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
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