Ezekiel 1:9

⁷ Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

⁸ Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

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.

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.

Compare

BSB: and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
KJV: Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
WEB: Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
ASV: their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
DARBY: their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
BLB: joining each one to her sister; their wings did not turn in their going, [each] man went to straight ahead.

ÅB: Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de vendte seg ikke når de gikk; hvert av dem gikk rett fram.
OTB: Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de snudde seg ikke når de beveget seg, hver gikk rett frem.
B1930: Deres vinger rørte ved hverandre; de vendte sig ikke når de gikk; hvert av dem gikk rett frem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:22
Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
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Ezekiel 1:11–12
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.
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Luke 9:62
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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2 Chronicles 3:11–12
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
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1 Corinthians 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
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Luke 9:51
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 10:11
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
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Proverbs 4:25–27
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
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