Ezekiel 1:20 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 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.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

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.

YLT

Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit is to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit is in the wheels.

DBT

Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would [their] spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

About this book

Old Testament

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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6 verses on the floor

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.
Ezekiel 10:17
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
1 Corinthians 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
Exodus 25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Ezekiel 10:11
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.

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Zechariah 6:1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The glory of God appears not only in the splendour of his retinue in the upper world, but in the steadiness of his government here in this lower world.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The reason given of this is because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels; the same wisdom, power, and holiness of God, the same will and counsel of his, that guides and governs the angels and all their performances, does, by them, order and dispose of all the motions of the creatures in this lower world and the events and issues of them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the spirit was to go--that is, their will was for going whithersoever the Spirit was for going. over against them--rather, beside or in conjunction with them. spirit of the living creature--put collectively for "the living creatures"; the cherubim.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

These angels in their ministry punctually observed both his impulse and conduct. They - The wheels, inferior agents and second causes. Their spirit - The wheels concurred with the spirit of the living creatures, so that there was an hearty accord between those superior and inferior causes.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EZE 1:20EZE 10:17 EZE 1:20-21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EZE 1:201CO 14:32 1JN 4:1
EZE 1:201CO 14:32 ACT 4:19-20
EZE 1:20EZE 1:12 EZE 1:9
EZE 1:20EZE 10:17 ROM 8:2
EZE 1:201CO 14:32 1CO 14:29-30
EZE 1:201CO 14:32 2KI 2:3
EZE 1:201CO 14:32 JER 20:9

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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