Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 1:12
12Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, they went without turning as they moved.
Ezekiel 1:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
- New International Version (NIV)Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
Context of Ezekiel 1:12
10Their faces looked something like the face of a human, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle. 11That is what their faces were like. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching that of another and two wings covering its body. Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, they went without turning as they moved. 13The likeness of the living creatures was like the appearance of blazing coals of fire or like torches. Fire was moving back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, with lightning coming out of it. 14The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.
Read all of Ezekiel 1Ezekiel 1:12 word by word
וְאִ֛ישׁ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵ֑כוּ אֶ֣ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יִֽהְיֶה־שָׁ֨מָּה הָר֤וּחַ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:12
- Ezekiel 1:9Their wings were touching. The creatures did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the same faces I had seen by the Chebar Canal. Each creature went straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 1:20Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
- Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?
Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They went every one straight forward - Not by progressive stepping, but by gliding. Whither the spirit was to go - Whither that whirlwind blew, they went, being borne on by the wind, see Ezekiel 1:4.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The “chariot,” though composed of distinct parts, was to be considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one conscious life pervading the whole, and guiding the motions of the whole in perfect harmony.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14These fiery creatures had wings and legs. They could move very quickly in any direction, like lightning. No one could escape from such powerful beings. In a similar vision in Ezekiel 10, Ezekiel identifies them as cherubim. Cherubim are heavenly beings who carry out God’s judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. The same idea as in Eze 1:9. The repetition is because we men are so hard to be brought to acknowledge the wisdom of God's doings; they seem tortuous and confused to us, but they are all tending steadily to one aim. the spirit--the secret impulse whereby God moves His angels to the end designed. They do not turn back or aside till they have fulfilled the office assigned them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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