The Four Living Creatures
Ezekiel 1:14
In 10 translations
- BSB
- The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
- KJV
- And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
- WEB
- The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
- ASV
- And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
- LSV
- And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
- YLT
- And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
- DBY
- And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
- DRC
- And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
- GNV
- And the beastes ranne, and returned like vnto lightning.
- JPS
- And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַחַיּ֖וֹת רָצ֣וֹא וָשׁ֑וֹב כְּמַרְאֵ֖ה הַבָּזָֽק׃
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◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
LightningCherubimLiving CreatureAppearanceLuke, the EvangelistVisionsCherubim (1)VisionProphecy; ProphetsAngel (a Spirit)
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 24:27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- Luke 17:24For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
- Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Mark 13:27And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Psalms 147:15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
- Matthew 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Zechariah 2:3–4Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and…
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