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Ezekiel 1:20

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1:20Wherever the spirit37 would go, they would go,38 and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit39 of the living being was in the wheel.

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  1. 37 Or “wind”; the same Hebrew word can be translated as either “wind” or “spirit” depending on the context.
  2. 38 The adds the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.
  3. 39 Or “wind.” The Hebrew is difficult since the text presents four creatures and then talks about “the spirit” (singular) of “the living being” (singular). According to M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [], 1:) the interprets this as “will.” Greenberg views this as the spirit of the one enthroned above the creatures, but one would not expect the article when the one enthroned has not yet been introduced.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

NLTNew Living Translation

The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Wherever the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.