Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. New Living Translation And the living beings darted to and fro like flashes of lightning. English Standard Version And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning. Berean Standard Bible The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning. King James Bible And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. New King James Version And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning. New American Standard Bible And the living beings ran back and forth like bolts of lightning. NASB 1995 And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. NASB 1977 And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. Legacy Standard Bible And the living creatures ran to and fro with the appearance of lightning. Amplified Bible And the living beings moved rapidly back and forth like flashes of lightning. Christian Standard Bible The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning. Holman Christian Standard Bible The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning. American Standard Version And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the living creatures were running and were not turning, like the appearance of a comet Brenton Septuagint Translation Contemporary English Version The creatures themselves moved as quickly as sparks jumping from a fire. Douay-Rheims Bible And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning. English Revised Version And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. GOD'S WORD® Translation The living creatures ran back and forth like lightning. Good News Translation The creatures themselves darted back and forth with the speed of lightning. International Standard Version The living beings moved around, in appearance resembling lightning. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Literal Standard Version And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash. Majority Standard Bible The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning. New American Bible The creatures darting back and forth flashed like lightning. NET Bible The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning. New Revised Standard Version The living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning. New Heart English Bible The living creatures darted back and forth, like the appearance of a flash of lightning. Webster's Bible Translation And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. World English Bible The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Young's Literal Translation And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash. Additional Translations ... Context The Four Living Creatures…13In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. 14The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning. Cross References Matthew 24:27 For 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. Luke 17:24 For 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. Zechariah 4:10 For 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." Treasury of Scripture And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Psalm 147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. Daniel 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. Zechariah 2:3,4 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, … Jump to Previous Appearance Beings Bolts Creatures Flash Flashes Forth Fro Lightning Quickly Ran Running Sped Thunder-Flame TurningJump to Next Appearance Beings Bolts Creatures Flash Flashes Forth Fro Lightning Quickly Ran Running Sped Thunder-Flame TurningEzekiel 1 1. The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.4. His vision of four cherubim; 15. of the four wheels; 26. and of the glory of God. (14) A flash of lightning.--Not only was the appearance of the cherubim thus glittering, but also their speed as they "ran and returned" was that of the lightning. The vision up to this point, so far as we may venture to interpret its object, seems designed to show forth the power and activity, the irresistible energy of the agencies employed for the fulfilment of the Divine purposes, and at the same time their perfectly harmonious action, controlled by one supreme will. We now enter upon a fresh phase of the vision, in which the same things are represented still further by an additional and peculiar symbolism. Verse 14. - Ran and returned. Compare the "to and fro" of Zechariah 4:10. The comparison implies at once suddenness (as in Matthew 24:27) and overwhelming brightness.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The creaturesוְהַחַיּ֖וֹת (wə·ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life were darting back and forth רָצ֣וֹא (rā·ṣō·w) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7519: To run, to delight in as quickly as כְּמַרְאֵ֖ה (kə·mar·’êh) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision flashes of lightning. הַבָּזָֽק׃ (hab·bā·zāq) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 965: A flash of lightning Links Ezekiel 1:14 NIVEzekiel 1:14 NLT Ezekiel 1:14 ESV Ezekiel 1:14 NASB Ezekiel 1:14 KJV Ezekiel 1:14 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 1:14 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 1:14 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 1:14 French Bible Ezekiel 1:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 1:14 The living creatures ran and returned as (Ezek. Eze Ezk) |
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