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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 1:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 1:12 |
King James |
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The same idea as in Eze 1:9. The repetition is because we men are so hard to be brought to acknowledge the wisdom of God's doings; they seem tortuous and confused to us, but they are all tending steadily to one aim.
the spirit--the secret impulse whereby God moves His angels to the end designed. They do not turn back or aside till they have fulfilled the office assigned them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "chariot," though composed of distinct parts, was to be considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one conscious life pervading the whole, and guiding the motions of the whole in perfect harmony. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Straight - Which way soever they went, each living creature had one face looking straight forward. The spirit - The will, command, and breathing of the Spirit of God, both gave and guided their motions. Was to go - Going is attributed here to the Spirit of God, by allusion, for he who is in every place cannot properly be said to go from or to any place. Turned not - They looked not back, they turned not out of the way, they gave not over, 'till they had compleated their course. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They went every one straight forward - Not by progressive stepping, but by gliding.
Whither the spirit was to go - Whither that whirlwind blew, they went, being borne on by the wind, see Eze 1:4. |
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.