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Ezekiel 1:16
New English Translation
Ezekiel 1:16
New English Translation
16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction[a] was like gleaming jasper,[b] and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.[c]
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- Ezekiel 1:16 tc This word is omitted from the LXX.
- Ezekiel 1:16 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), or “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).
- Ezekiel 1:16 tn 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 [WBC], 1:33-34). The description given in v. 17 favors the latter idea.
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