Ezekiel Chapter 1 verse 12 Holy Bible
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
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Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
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They went everyone straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.
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And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Whither the spirit was to go, etc. The description passes on to the originating force of the movement of the mysterious forms. The Hebrew noun may mean "breath," "wind," or "spirit," the meanings often overlapping one another. Here the higher meaning is probably the true one. The "Spirit" (as in Genesis 1:1; Genesis 6:3; Psalm 104:30; Psalm 139:7; Isaiah 40:7, 13; and in Ezekiel himself, passim) is the Divine Source of life in all its forms, especially in its highest form, moral, intellectual, spiritual. It is this which gave unity and harmony to the movements of the "living creatures," as it gives a life, harmony, and unity to all the manifold manifestations of the might of God of which they were the symbols. (On "they turned not," see note on ver. 9.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Whither the spirit was to go.--The one informing spirit which animated all the living creatures alike, and in accordance with which all their movements were ordered.
