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Ezekiel 1:9

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

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ASV

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

KJV

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חֹֽבְרֹ֛תchoe.Rot[were] touchingH2266 →
אִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShaheachH802 →
אֶל־'el-<to>H413 →
אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ'a.cho.Tahsister itsH269 →
כַּנְפֵיהֶ֑םkan.fei.Hemwings theirH3671 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִסַּ֣בּוּyi.Sa.buthey turnedH5437 →
בְלֶכְתָּ֔ןve.lekh.Tanwhen moved theyH1980 →
אִ֛ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
עֵ֥בֶר'E.ver[the] side ofH5676 →
פָּנָ֖יוpa.Navface itsH6440 →
יֵלֵֽכוּ׃ye.Le.khuthey movedH1980 →

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Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.Ezekiel 1:17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.Ezekiel 1:12Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.1 Corinthians 1:10I 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.Ezekiel 1:11–12Such 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.Ezekiel 10:11When 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.2 Chronicles 3:11–12The 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.Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”Proverbs 4:25–27Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

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About Ezekiel

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