God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 1:12
12Each of the creatures went straight ahead. They went wherever their spirit wanted to go, and they didn’t turn 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 like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle. 11That is what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out, pointing upward. Each creature had two wings with which they touched each other. The other two wings covered their bodies. Each of the creatures went straight ahead. They went wherever their spirit wanted to go, and they didn’t turn as they moved. 13The living creatures looked like burning coals and torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning came out of the fire. 14The living creatures ran back and forth like 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:12
- Ezekiel 1:9Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead, and they did not turn as they moved.
- Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked exactly like the faces that I saw by the Chebar River. Each one went straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 1:20Wherever their spirit wanted to go, the creatures went. The wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
- Hebrews 1:14What are all the angels? They are spirits sent to serve those who are going to receive 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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