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Ezekiel 1:12

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאִ֛ישׁve.'Ishand eachH376 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
עֵ֥בֶר'E.ver[the] side ofH5676 →
פָּנָ֖יוpa.Navface itsH6440 →
יֵלֵ֑כוּye.Le.khuthey movedH1980 →
אֶ֣ל'eltoH413 →
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhereH834 →
יִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-it wasH1961 →
שָׁ֨מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033 →
הָר֤וּחַha.Ru.achthe spiritH7307 →
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙la.Le.khet[about] to goH1980 →
יֵלֵ֔כוּye.Le.khuthey movedH1980 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יִסַּ֖בּוּyi.Sa.buthey turnedH5437 →
בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃be.lekh.Tanwhen moved theyH1980 →

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Ezekiel 1:20Wherever 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.Ezekiel 1:9and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.Ezekiel 1:20–21Wherever 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.Ezekiel 1:17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Ezekiel 10:17When 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.Ezekiel 46:9When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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