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.
Ezekiel 10:11 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | When they were moving, they went on their four sides without turning; they went after the head in the direction in which it was looking; they went without turning. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ezekiel 10:11 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 10:8-22
Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart…
Ezekiel 10:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 10:11
- Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
- 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 1:20
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.
- Matthew 8:8-10
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
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Context
- Ezekiel 10:10
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 10:12
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Ezekiel 10:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando andaban, sobre sus cuatro costados andaban: no se tornaban cuando andaban, sino que al lugar adonde se volvía el primero, en pos de él iban; ni se tornaban cuando andaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand elles allaient, elles allaient sur leurs quatre côtés; elles ne se tournaient pas, quand elles allaient; mais, vers le lieu où la tête regardait, elles allaient après elle: elles ne se tournaient pas quand elles allaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn sie gingen, so gingen sie nach ihren vier Seiten hin: Sie wandten sich nicht, wenn sie gingen; denn nach dem Orte, wohin das Vorderteil gerichtet war, folgten sie demselben: sie wandten sich nicht, wenn sie gingen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque ambularent, in quatuor partes gradiebantur, et non revertebantur ambulantes: sed ad locum ad quem ire declinabat quæ prima erat, sequebantur et ceteræ, nec convertebantur. |