Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
- BSB Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
- NKJV And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
- NASB And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.
- NLT They went in whatever direction the spirit chose, and they moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 1:9their wings were joined to one another; they didn’t turn when they went; each one went straight forward.
- Ezek 1:17When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn when they went.
- Ezek 10:22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezek 1:20–21Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- Heb 1:14Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
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