Ezekiel 10:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 10:11 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 1:17As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
  2. Ezekiel 1:20Wherever 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.
  3. Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
  4. Matthew 8:8The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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