| Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible And the living creatures ran,.... Did their work with great readiness and swiftness; so, especially in the latter day, ministers of the Gospel shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased, Daniel 12:4; continued...
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe living creatures ran and returned - They had a circular movement; they were in rapid motion, but did not increase their distance from the spectator. So I think this should be understood.
Geneva Study BibleAnd the living beings ran and {i} returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. (i) That is, when they had executed God's will: for before they returned not till God had changed the state of things.
Wesley's Notes 1:14 Ran - They ran into the lower world, to do what was to be done there: and when they had done, returned as a flash of lightning, to the upper world, to the vision of God. Thus we should be in the affairs of this world: though we run into them we must not repose in them, but our souls must presently return like lightning, to God, their rest and center.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary14. ran and returned-Incessant, restless motion indicates the plenitude of life in these cherubim; so in Re 4:8, "they rest not day or night" (Zec 4:10). flash of lightning-rather, as distinct from "lightning" (Eze 1:13), "the meteor flash," or sheet lightning [Fairbairn].
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