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JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
בלכתם אל ארבעת רבעיהם ילכו--לא יסבו בלכתם כי המקום אשר יפנה הראש אחריו ילכו--לא יסבו בלכתם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
blktm Al Arb`t rb`yhm ylkv--lA ysbv blktm ky hmqvm ASHr ypnh hrASH AKHryv ylkv--lA ysbv blktm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
cumque ambularent in quattuor partes gradiebantur non revertebantur ambulantes sed ad locum ad quem ire declinabat quae prima erat sequebantur et ceterae nec convertebantur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Authorized (King James) Version   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
New King James Version   
When they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went.
21st Century King James Version   
When they went, they went upon their four sides. They turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Darby Bible Translation   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
When they went, they went upon their four sides: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without turning as they went.
God's Word   
Whenever the angels moved, they moved in any of the four directions without turning as they moved. They always moved in the direction they faced without turning as they moved.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.
International Standard Version   
Whenever they moved, they proceeded without turning around as they moved, but they followed in the direction where their head was facing, without looking around as they moved.
NET Bible   
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow without turning as they moved,
New American Standard Bible   
When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.
New International Version   
As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went.
New Living Translation   
The cherubim could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside.
Webster's Bible Translation   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked, they followed it; they turned not as they went.
The World English Bible   
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn't turn as they went.
EasyEnglish Bible   
When the cherubs moved, they could go forward in any of the four directions. They did not have to turn as they moved. When the head turned in a certain direction, they would move that way. They did not need to turn.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.
New Life Version   
When they moved, they went in any of their four ways without turning as they went, but followed the way the head was facing without turning as they went.
The Voice Bible   
As the wheels moved, they went in any of the four directions the living creatures faced. They rolled straight ahead, never swerving off to the side.
Living Bible   
Each of the four Guardian Angels had a wheel beside him—“The Whirl-Wheels,” as I heard them called, for each one had a second wheel crosswise within—sparkling like chrysolite, giving off a greenish yellow glow. Because of the construction of these wheels, the Angels could go straight forward in each of four directions; they did not turn when they changed direction but could go in any of the four ways their faces looked. Each of the four wheels was covered with eyes, including the rims and spokes.
New Catholic Bible   
When the cherubim moved, they went in any of the four directions without veering from their course. In whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without swerving as they moved.
Legacy Standard Bible   
As they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they went in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they did not turn as they went, but to the place where the first one went, they followed it; they did not turn as they went.
Christian Standard Bible   
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
When they went, they went in any one of the four directions [in which their four individual faces were turned]; they did not turn as they went, but to the place to which the front wheel faced the others followed; they turned not as they went.
New Century Version   
When the wheels moved, they went in any of the directions that the four living creatures faced. The wheels did not turn about, and the living creatures did not turn their bodies as they went.
The Message   
And then I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub. The wheels radiating were sparkling like diamonds in the sun. All four wheels looked alike, each like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they went in any of the four directions but in a perfectly straight line. Where the cherubim went, the wheels went straight ahead. The cherubim were full of eyes in their backs, hands, and wings. The wheels likewise were full of eyes. I heard the wheels called “wheels within wheels.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The cherubim could move in any of the four directions toward which one of them faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight ahead in the direction they faced, never turning from side to side.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved; but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without veering as they moved.
Good News Translation®   
When the creatures moved, they could go in any direction without turning. They all moved together in the direction they wanted to go, without having to turn around.
Wycliffe Bible   
And when they went, they went into (the) four parts; those turned not again going, but to the place to which that that was the first wheel bowed to go, also [the] others followed, and turned not again. (And when they went, in any of the four directions, they did not turn from where they went, but the place to which the first wheel turned to go, the others also followed, and did not turn away from there.)
Contemporary English Version   
so that they could move in any direction without turning. The wheels moved together whenever the creatures moved.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced the others followed without turning as they went.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without veering as they moved.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved; but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without veering as they moved.
Common English Bible © 2011   
When they moved in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving. Whichever way the leading one faced, they moved in that direction without swerving.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without turning as they went.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without veering as they moved; in whatever direction the first cherub faced, the others followed without veering as they went.
New American Standard Bible   
When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.
The Expanded Bible   
When the wheels moved, they went in any of the directions that the four ·living creatures [L cherubim] faced. The wheels did not turn about, and the ·living creatures [L cherubim] did not turn their bodies as they went.
Tree of Life Version   
When they went, they would go in any of their four directions, without pivoting as they went. So to whatever place the head faced, they followed, without turning as they went.
Revised Standard Version   
When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced the others followed without turning as they went.
New International Reader's Version   
The wheels could go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced. The wheels didn’t change their direction as the cherubim moved. The cherubim went in the direction their heads faced. They didn’t change their direction as they moved.
BRG Bible   
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Complete Jewish Bible   
When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions without turning as they moved; rather, wherever the head looked, they followed without turning as they moved.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved; but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without veering as they moved.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
When they went, they went toward their four sides; they did not turn aside as they went, but to the makom (place) where the rosh looked they followed it; they did not turn aside as they went.
Names of God Bible   
Whenever the angels moved, they moved in any of the four directions without turning as they moved. They always moved in the direction they faced without turning as they moved.
Modern English Version   
When they went, they went on their four sides. They did not turn as they went, but they followed to the place wherever the head looked. They did not turn as they went.
Easy-to-Read Version   
They could go in any direction when they moved, but the Cherub angels did not turn around when they moved. They went in the direction that the head was looking. They did not turn around when they moved.
International Children’s Bible   
When the wheels moved, they went in any of the directions that the four living creatures faced. The wheels did not turn about. The living creatures did not turn their bodies as they went. But they followed wherever their faces pointed.
Lexham English Bible   
When they went to the four of their directions that they went, they did not change direction when they went, for the place to which the head turned, they went behind him; they did not change direction at their going.
New International Version - UK   
As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went.