Ezekiel 1:9 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

KJV

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ASV

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

WEB

and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

YLT

joining one unto another are their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

DBT

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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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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Ezekiel 10:22
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
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.
Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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Their wings - The wings of the two cherubim which went foremost, and the wings of the two hindermost, were joined together when they moved. Went - This explains the former words, assuring us, that every one of those living creatures are ready, and unwearied in doing the pleasure of their Creator.

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

Their going straight forward supposes that they looked straight forward, and never had any sinister intentions in what they did. And, if thus our eye be single, our whole body will be full of light. The singleness of the eye is the sincerity of the heart.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

First, They made no blunders or mistakes, which would give them occasion to turn back to rectify them; their work needed no correction, and therefore needed not to be gone over again. Secondly, They minded no diversions; as they turned not back, so they turned not aside, to trifle with any thing that was foreign to their business. [3.] They went whither the Spirit was to go (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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