Revelation 4:8

6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

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ÅB
Og de fire livsvesener har, hvert især av dem, seks vinger; rundt omkring og innenfor er de fulle av øyne; og de holder ikke opp dag eller natt med å si: Hellig, hellig, hellig er Herren Gud, den allmektige, han som var og som er og som kommer!
OTB
Hver av de fire levende skapningene hadde seks vinger og var full av øyne rundt omkring og inni; og dag og natt opphører de aldri å si,
“Hellig, hellig, hellig er Herren Gud den Allmektige,
han som var, og som er, og som kommer.”
B1930
Og de fire livsvesener har, hvert især av dem, seks vinger; rundt omkring og innenfor er de fulle av øine; og de holder ikke op dag eller natt med å si: Hellig, hellig, hellig er Herren Gud, den allmektige, han som var og som er og som kommer!
BSB
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
KJV
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
WEB
The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
ASV
and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
DARBY
And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.
BLB
And the four living creatures, one by one of them had six wings respectively, full of eyes all around and within; and they do not have rest day and night, saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, the One who was and who is and who is coming!”

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