Ezekiel 1:12
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
In other translations
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
Hebrew words
וְאִישׁve'ishand eachH376אֶל־'el-toH413עֵבֶר'ever[the] side ofH5676פָּנָיוpanavface itsH6440יֵלֵכוּyelekhuthey movedH1980אֶל'eltoH413אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-it wasH1961שָׁמָּהshamahthere <towards>H8033הָרוּחַharuachthe spiritH7307לָלֶכֶתlalekhet[about] to goH1980יֵלֵכוּyelekhuthey movedH1980לֹאlo'notH3808יִסַּבּוּyisabuthey turnedH5437בְּלֶכְתָּן׃belekhtanwhen moved theyH1980
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 1:9Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 1:17When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
- Ezekiel 1:20-2120 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. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.20 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.
- Ezekiel 10:22And 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.Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
- Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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