Ezekiel 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.”
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“and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.”
King James Version · Public Domain“their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“joining one unto another <FI>are<Fi> their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 1:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11The 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.
- Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 1:11Such 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.
- Ezekiel 10:11When 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.
- Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
- Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
- Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:10I 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.
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