Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 1:20
American Standard Version
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Amplified® Bible
Wherever the spirit went, the creatures went and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit {or} life of the [four living creatures acting as one] living creature was in the wheels.
Contemporary English Version
(SEE 1:19)
Darby English Version
Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would [their] spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Good News Bible
The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them.
King 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.
New American Standard Bible
Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings {was} in the wheels.
New International Version
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.
New King James Version
Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatureswas in the wheels.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Wherever the spirit would go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings located in the wheels.
Revised Standard Version
Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Young's Literal Translation
Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit `is' to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit `is' in the wheels.
