Ezekiel 1:20
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
עַל'altoH5921אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-it wasH1961שָּׁםshamthereH8033הָרוּחַharuachthe spiritH7307לָלֶכֶתlalekhet[about] to goH1980יֵלֵכוּyelekhuthey movedH1980שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033הָרוּחַharuachthe spiritH7307לָלֶכֶתlalekhetto goH1980וְהָאוֹפַנִּיםveha'ofanimand the wheelsH212יִנָּשְׂאוּyinase'uthey were lifted upH5375לְעֻמָּתָםle'umatam<to> close by themH5980כִּיkiforH3588רוּחַruach[the] spirit ofH7307הַחַיָּהhachaiyahthe living creatureH2416בָּאוֹפַנִּים׃ba'ofanim[was] in the wheelsH212
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 1:12And 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.
- Ezekiel 10:17When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.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.
- 1 Corinthians 14:32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
- Zechariah 6:1-81 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?1 And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, 3 the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong. 4 So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
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