Ezekiel 1:9

They went without turning, every one went straight forward.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.

10As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; one wing, five cubits long, touching the wall of the house, and the other, of the same size, meeting the wing of the other winged one.

Ezekiel 1:11And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.

Luke 9:62But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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