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God’s Glory Exits the Temple

Ezekiel 10:17

In 11 translations

BSB
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
KJV
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.of…: or, of life
WEB
When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
ASV
When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
LSV
In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for [the] spirit of the living creature [is] in them.
YLT
In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit [is] in them.
DBY
When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
DRC
When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them.
GNV
When the Cherubims stoode, they stood: and when they were lifted vp, they lifted the selues vp also: for the spirit of the beast was in them.
JPS
When they stood, these stood, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
LXXE
When they stood, the wheels stood; and when they mounted up, the wheels mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּעָמְדָ֣ם יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ וּבְרוֹמָ֖ם יֵר֣וֹמּוּ אוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ הַחַיָּ֖ה בָּהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τῷ ἑστᾶναι αὐτὰ, εἱστήκεισαν· καὶ ἐν τῷ μετεωρίζεσθαι αὐτὰ, μετεωρίζοντο μετʼ αὐτῶν· διότι πνεῦμα ζωῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἦν.

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  • 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…
  • Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Ezekiel 1:12Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
  • Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  • Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

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