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Revelation 1:15

Jesus Christ

13 and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

14 The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

16 He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

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BSB
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
KJV
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
WEB
His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
ASV
and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.
DARBY
and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
BLB
and His feet like burnished bronze, as having been refined in a furnace, and His voice as a voice of many waters,
ÅB
og hans føtter var lik skinnende kobber, som om de var gjort glødende i en ovn, og hans røst som en lyd av mange vann.
OTB
Hans føtter var som bronse som gløder i en ovn, og hans røst var som lyden av mange vann.
B1930
og hans føtter var lik skinnende kobber, som om de var gjort glødende i en ovn, og hans røst som en lyd av mange vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Ezekiel 43:2

    and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

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  • Daniel 10:6

    His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

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  • Revelation 14:2

    And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

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  • Revelation 19:6

    And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

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  • Psalms 93:4

    Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

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  • Revelation 2:18

    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

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  • Ezekiel 1:7

    Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

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  • Ezekiel 40:3

    So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

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