Ezekiel 1:16
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And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

the colour

Ezekiel 10:9 And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:

Exodus 39:13 In the fourth, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, set and enclosed in gold by their rows.

Daniel 10:6 And his body was like the chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward even to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass: and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.

a wheel

Ezekiel 10:10 And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

Job 9:10 Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.

Psalm 36:6 Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:

Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Ephesians 3:10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,

Context
The Four Wheels
15Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces. 16And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.17When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.…
Cross References
Songs 5:14
His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

Ezekiel 10:9
And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:

Daniel 10:6
And his body was like the chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward even to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass: and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.

Lexicon
The workmanship
וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ (ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

of the wheels
הָאוֹפַנִּ֤ים (hā·’ō·w·p̄an·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 212: A wheel

looked like
מַרְאֵ֨ה (mar·’êh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

the gleam
כְּעֵ֣ין (kə·‘ên)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of beryl,
תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ (tar·šîš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8658: (a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper

and all four
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן (lə·’ar·ba‘·tān)
Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

had the same
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

likeness.
וּדְמ֥וּת (ū·ḏə·mūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1823: Resemblance, model, shape, like

Their workmanship
וּמַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם (ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

looked
וּמַרְאֵיהֶם֙ (ū·mar·’ê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

like
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

a wheel
הָאוֹפַ֖ן (hā·’ō·w·p̄an)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 212: A wheel

within
בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

a wheel.
הָאוֹפָֽן׃ (hā·’ō·w·p̄ān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 212: A wheel


Additional Translations
The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.The appearance of the wheels and their work was like to the color 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.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their work was as it were a wheel in a wheel.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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 within a wheel.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color 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.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

The appearance of the wheels and their works is as the colour of beryl, and one likeness is to them four, and their appearances and their works are as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
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