Ezekiel 1:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.”
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“Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings <FI>are<Fi> full of eyes round about them four.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 1:18 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 7:33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
- Job 37:22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
- Psalms 77:16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
- Ezekiel 10:12Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
- Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- Revelation 4:6And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Revelation 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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