Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhen they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)