Ezekiel 1:18 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:18

Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

BSB

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ASV

As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.

KJV

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

Three, however, are indicated both in the animals and in the wheels, when they stood, when they walked, when they were lifted up, which both the animals and the wheels did in common. For neither could animals that were standing walk on wheels, nor could animals walking on the ground lift themselves on wheels, but of those actions, one was rest, one was motion, and elevation.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As for their rings - The strakes which form the rim or periphery. They were dreadful - They were exceedingly great in their diameter, so that it was tremendous to look from the part that touched the ground to that which was opposite above. Were full of eyes - Does not this refer to the appearance of nails keeping on the spokes, or strakes or bands upon the rim?

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ן	ve.Ga.bei.Hen	and rims their	H1354 →
וְגֹ֥בַהּ	ve.Goah	and height	H1363 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	[belonged] to them
וְיִרְאָ֣ה	ve.yir.'Ah	and fear	H3374 →
לָהֶ֑ם	la.Hem	[belonged] to them
וְגַבֹּתָ֗ם	ve.ga.bo.Tam	and rims their	H1354 →
מְלֵאֹ֥ת	me.le.'Ot	[were] full of	H4392 →
עֵינַ֛יִם	'ei.Na.yim	eyes	H5869 →
סָבִ֖יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽן׃	le.'ar.ba'.Tan	to [the] four of them	H702 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Jeremiah 16:17
  For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
- Jeremiah 23:24
  “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
- Proverbs 5:21
  For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
Through
Revelation 4:8
And 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,…
leads to
- Isaiah 6:2–13
  Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
- Revelation 4:6
  And 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 1:8
  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel