Eze 1:16 | NETfull | STEP | The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:16

16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction ^{▼▼ This word is omitted from the LXX.} was like gleaming jasper, ^{▼▼ 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).} and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. ^{▼▼ 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.}