Ezekiel 1:17
Strong's Lexicon
As they moved,
בְּלֶכְתָּ֣ם (bə·leḵ·tām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

they went
יֵלֵ֑כוּ (yê·lê·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

any of the four
אַרְבַּ֥עַת (’ar·ba·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 702: 1) four

directions,
רִבְעֵיהֶ֖ן (riḇ·‘ê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7253: 1) fourth part, four sides 1a) fourth part 1b) four sides

without
לֹ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

pivoting
יִסַּ֖בּוּ (yis·sab·bū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5437: 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

as they moved.
בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃ (bə·leḵ·tān)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

Young's Literal Translation
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

New American Standard Bible
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.

King James Bible
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.

English Standard Version
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.

New American Standard Bible
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.

King James Bible
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

International Standard Version
Whenever the four moved, no matter which of four directions, they moved without turning around.

NET Bible
When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.

American Standard Version
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.

English Revised Version
When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not when they went.

Young's Literal Translation
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
















Cross References
Ezekiel 1:8
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

Ezekiel 1:9
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Ezekiel 1:12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 10:11
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:16
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.

Ezekiel 1:15
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

Ezekiel 1:14
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Ezekiel 1:18
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

Ezekiel 1:19
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.

Ezekiel 1:20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
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