Ezekiel 1:17
What does Ezekiel 1:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 1:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.
Context
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.
- Isaiah 55:11
so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- Ezekiel 1:12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
- Ezekiel 10:1
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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