Ezekiel 1:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.

New Living Translation
They went in whatever direction the spirit chose, and they moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.

English Standard Version
And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.

Berean Study Bible
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

New American Standard Bible
And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

NASB 1995
And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

NASB 1977
And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

Amplified Bible
And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

Christian Standard Bible
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, they went without turning as they moved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, they went without turning as they moved.

Contemporary English Version
The four living creatures went wherever the Spirit led them, and they moved together without turning their bodies, because each creature faced straight ahead.

Good News Translation
Each creature faced all four directions, and so the group could go wherever they wished, without having to turn.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Each of the creatures went straight ahead. They went wherever their spirit wanted to go, and they didn't turn as they moved.

International Standard Version
Each moved in straight directions. Wherever they decided to go, they went without turning themselves.

NET Bible
Each moved straight ahead--wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

New King James Version
And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.

King James 2000 Bible
And they went each one straight forward: wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

New Heart English Bible
Each one went straight forward: where the spirit would go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

World English Bible
Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

American King James Version
And they went every one straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

American Standard Version
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

A Faithful Version
And each went straight forward. To where the spirit was to go, there they went without turning as they moved.

Darby Bible Translation
And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

English Revised Version
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And euery one went streight forward: they went whither their spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Euery one went straight forward: whyther as the spirite led them, thither thei went, & returned not in their going.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Euery one when it wente, it wente straight forwarde. Where as the sprete led them, thither they wente, and turned not aboute in their goynge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they each go straight forward, to where the Spirit is to go, they go, they do not turn around in their going.

Young's Literal Translation
And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will go each over against his face; to where the spirit will be there to go, they will go; they will not turn in their going.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And each one of them advanced before his face. Wherever the impetus of the spirit was to go, there they went. And they did not turn as they advanced.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they were going on forward to the place that The Spirit was going, and they were not turning around

Lamsa Bible
And they went every one straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And each one went straight forward: wherever the spirit was going they went, and turned not back.
















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