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16 shining like chrysolite.[a] Each wheel was exactly the same and had a second wheel that cut through the middle of it,[b] 17 so that they could move in any direction without turning. 18 (A) The rims of the wheels were large and frightening, and they had eyes all the way around them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.16 chrysolite: A precious stone that has an olive green color.
  2. 1.16 a second wheel that cut through the middle of it: Or “a smaller wheel inside it.”
  3. 1.18 them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.

16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz,(A) and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction(B) as the creatures went. 18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes(C) all around.

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