Ezekiel 1:12
What does Ezekiel 1:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 1:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
Context
v.11And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
v.12This passage
v.13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 1:9
their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezekiel 1:20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- Ezekiel 10:22
And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
- Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
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