Ezekiel 1:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

KJV

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

WEB

Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.

ASV

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

LSV

And they each go straight forward, to where the Spirit is to go, they go, they do not turn around in their going.

YLT

And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.

DBY

And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

DRC

And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.

GNV

And euery one went streight forward: they went whither their spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.

JPS

And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

LXXE

And each one went straight forward: wherever the spirit was going they went, and turned not back.

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WLC

וְאִ֛ישׁ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵ֑כוּ אֶ֣ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יִֽהְיֶה־שָׁ֨מָּה הָר֤וּחַ לָלֶ֨כֶת֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἑκάτερον κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπορεύετο· οὗ ἂν ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα πορευόμενον ἐπορεύοντο, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέστρεφον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 1:9and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
• Ezekiel 1:17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
• Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
• Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• Ezekiel 1:20–21Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood…

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