Ezekiel 1:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.”

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Read Ezekiel 1:21 in the flow of Ezekiel1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Ezekiel1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit <FI>is<Fi> in the wheels.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 1:21 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 1:19So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
  2. Ezekiel 10:17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  3. Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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