Ezekiel 1:9
What does Ezekiel 1:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 1:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They went without turning, every one went straight forward.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862joining one unto another <FI>are<Fi> their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Context
v.8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:
v.9This passage
v.10As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11
And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- Ezekiel 1:11
And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
- Ezekiel 10:11
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
- Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Luke 9:62
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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