Ezekiel 10:11

What does Ezekiel 10:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 10:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When they were moving, they went on their four sides without turning; they went after the head in the direction in which it was looking; they went without turning.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.

Context

v.10And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

v.11This passage

v.12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 1:17

    When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.

  • Matthew 8:8

    And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

  • 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.

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