Ezekiel 1:9

In 11 translations

BSB

and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

KJV

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

WEB

Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.

ASV

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

LSV

their wings [are] joining to one another, they do not turn around in their going, they each go straight forward.

YLT

joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

DBY

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

DRC

And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.

GNV

They where ioyned by their wings one to another, and when they went forth, they returned not, but euery one went streight forward.

JPS

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

LXXE

And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חֹֽבְרֹ֛ת אִשָּׁ֥ה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֑ם לֹא־יִסַּ֣בּוּ בְלֶכְתָּ֔ן אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵֽכוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν τῶν τεσσάρων οὐκ ἐπεστρέφοντο ἐν τῷ βαδίζειν αὐτά· ἕκαστον ἀπέναντι τοῦ προσώπου αὐτῶν ἐπορεύοντο.

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• Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
• Ezekiel 1:11–12Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body. Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would…
• 1 Corinthians 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• Ezekiel 10:11When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
• Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 3:11–12The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other…
• Proverbs 4:25–27Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
• Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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