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Ezekiel 1:12

God's holiness

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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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

    Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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  • Ezekiel 1:20–21

    Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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  • Ezekiel 10:22

    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.

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  • Hebrews 1:14

    Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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  • Ezekiel 1:17

    When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

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