"And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; {and} they turned not when they went." — Ezekiel 1:12

Ezekiel 1:12 · KJV

“And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; {and} they turned not when they went.”

— Ezekiel 1:12

Verse 11

Thus {were} their faces: and their wings {were} stretched upward; two {wings} of every one {were} joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. {stretched...: or, divided above}

Verse 13

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance {was} like burning coals of fire, {and} like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Ezekiel 1 — Context

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

Thus {were} their faces: and their wings {were} stretched upward; two {wings} of every one {were} joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. {stretched...: or, divided above}

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; {and} they turned not when they went.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Cross References

Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings {were} joined one to another; they turned not when they went; 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.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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 1:20-21

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. {of...: or, of life}