Wherever 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.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- ESV Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
- NKJV Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
- NASB Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
- NLT The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 1:12Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went.
- Ezek 10:17When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
- 1 Cor 14:32The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,
- Zech 6:1–8Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
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