Ezekiel 1:19

19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

Ezekiel 1:19 in Other Translations

19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.

19 When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up, too.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off.

19 So when the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the earth, the wheels also rose.

Ezekiel 1:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 1:19

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them,
&c.] When the ministers of the Gospel begin the worship of God, and move in acts of devotion, the churches join with them; see ( Revelation 4:9 Revelation 4:10 ) ( 5:14 ) ; and in their lives and conversations they are examples to them; and churches and members ought to walk as they have them, for an example in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
were lifted up;
when the ministers of the word have their affections raised, and are in lively frames of soul in preaching the Gospel, generally speaking, so it is with the churches and the members thereof, that sit under their ministrations; their hearts burn within them; their affections are raised, and their souls are lifted up heavenwards, while the Scriptures of truth are opened unto them.

Ezekiel 1:19 In-Context

17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.

18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.