Ezekiel 1:20
18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
19 So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
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.
21 When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22 Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would [their] spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- BLB
- Upon which the spirit was to go, there they would go; there the spirit [was] to go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures [was] in the wheels.
- ÅB
- Hvor ånden ville gå, gikk de, nettopp dit hvor ånden ville gå; og hjulene hevet seg ved siden av dem, for livsvesenenes ånd var i hjulene.
- OTB
- Hvor ånden ville gå, gikk de, og hjulene løftet seg sammen med dem, for ånden til de levende skapningene var i hjulene.
- B1930
- Hvor ånden vilde gå, gikk de, nettop dit hvor ånden vilde gå; og hjulene hevet sig ved siden av dem, for livsvesenenes ånd var i hjulene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:12
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:17
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:32
The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
Read in contextZechariah 6:1–8
And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
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