Ezekiel 1:14
Strong's Lexicon
The creatures
וְהַחַיּ֖וֹת (wə·ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

were darting back and forth
רָצ֣וֹא (rā·ṣō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7519: 1) (Qal) to run

וָשׁ֑וֹב (wā·šō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

as quickly as
כְּמַרְאֵ֖ה (kə·mar·’êh)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)

flashes of lightning.
הַבָּזָֽק׃ (hab·bā·zāq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 965: 1) lightning, lightning flash

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

Young's Literal Translation
And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.

New American Standard Bible
And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

King James Bible
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Parallel Verses
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.

New American Standard Bible
And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

King James Bible
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.

International Standard Version
The living beings moved around, in appearance resembling lightning.

NET Bible
The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.

American Standard Version
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

English Revised Version
And 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.
















Cross References
Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Luke 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

Zechariah 4:10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:13
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Ezekiel 1:12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 1:11
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 1:15
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

Ezekiel 1:16
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:17
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
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