Ezekiel 10:22

What does Ezekiel 10:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 10:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

As to the likeness of their faces, they <FI>are<Fi> the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar — their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them.

Context

v.21Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 1:10

    As 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.

  • Ezekiel 1:12

    And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 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.

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