Ezekiel 10:13

10:13 As for their wheels, they were called “the wheelwork” ¹  as I listened.

Ezekiel 10:9-10

10:9 As I watched, I noticed ²  four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; ³  the wheels gleamed like jasper. ⁴  10:10 As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 1:16

1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction ⁶  was like gleaming jasper, ⁷  and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. ⁸ 

[10:13]  ¹ tn Or “the whirling wheels.”

[10:9]  ² tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[10:9]  ³ tn The MT repeats this phrase, a clear case of dittography.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), and “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).

[10:10]  ³ 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). See also 1:16.

[1:16]  ⁴ tc This word is omitted from the LXX.

[1:16]  ⁵ 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).

[1:16]  ⁶ 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.