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Ezekiel 1:12

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

KJV

Et unumquodque eorum coram facie sua ambulabat : ubi erat impetus spiritus, illuc gradiebantur, nec revertebantur cum ambularent.

Vulgate

καὶ ἑκάτερον κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπορεύετο· οὗ ἂν ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα πορευόμενον ἐπορεύοντο, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέστρεφον.

LXX

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

ASV

וְ/אִ֛ישׁ אֶל עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖י/ו יֵלֵ֑כוּ אֶ֣ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יִֽהְיֶה שָׁ֨מָּ/ה הָ/ר֤וּחַ לָ/לֶ֨כֶת֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּ/לֶכְתָּֽ/ן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עֵ֣בֶר
'br
noun · 91×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 1:9 — Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
  • Ezek 1:17 — When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
  • Ezek 1:20 — 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.