Ezekiel 1:9 “and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they m…”

Ezekiel 1:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They where ioyned by their wings one to another, and when they went forth, they returned not, but euery one went streight forward.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

Bible in Basic English

They went without turning, every one went straight forward.

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Cross references

“joined”

1 Corinthians 1:10 Ezekiel 1:11 2 Chronicles 3:11 2 Chronicles 3:12

1 Corinthians 1:10 · BSB

I 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 · BSB

Such 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.

2 Chronicles 3:11 · BSB

The 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…

2 Chronicles 3:12 · BSB

The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.

“they turned”

Ezekiel 10:22 Ezekiel 10:11 Proverbs 4:25–27 Luke 9:51 Luke 9:62 Ezekiel 1:12

Ezekiel 10:22 · BSB

Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

Ezekiel 10:11 · BSB

When 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.

Proverbs 4:25–27 · BSB

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Luke 9:51 · BSB

As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Luke 9:62 · BSB

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Ezekiel 1:12 · BSB

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

10The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

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