Ezekiel 1:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit <FI>is<Fi> to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit <FI>is<Fi> in the wheels.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 1:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 1:12Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
- Ezekiel 10:17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
- Zechariah 6:1And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
- 1 Corinthians 14:32The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).