King James Version
Ezekiel 1:19 in the King James Version says “And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.”
Ezekiel 1:19 · KJV
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. and their rings: or, and their strakes
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
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
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. of: or, of life
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And when the living creatures”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“were lifted up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“And when the living creatures”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“were lifted up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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