Ezekiel 1:12
10 The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.
11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
13 In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
14 The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
- KJV
- And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
- WEB
- Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.
- ASV
- And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
- DARBY
- And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
- BLB
- And each one went toward straight ahead of its face; to the [direction] that there the spirit was to go, they would go, [and] they did not turn in their going.
- ÅB
- Og hvert av dem gikk rett fram; dit hvor ånden ville gå, gikk de; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk.
- OTB
- Hver gikk rett frem; hvor ånden ville gå, gikk de, uten å snu seg når de gikk.
- B1930
- Og hvert av dem gikk rett frem; dit hvor ånden vilde gå, gikk de; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:9
and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:20–21
Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:22
Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
Read in contextHebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Read in contextEzekiel 1:17
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
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