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Ezekiel 1:14

God's holiness

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

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.

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

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

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.

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BSB
The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
KJV
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
WEB
The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
ASV
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
DARBY
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
BLB
And the living creatures [were] running and returning like the appearance of the lightning.
ÅB
Og livsvesenene fór fram og tilbake slik som lynglimt.
OTB
Skapningene fór frem og tilbake som lyn.
B1930
Og livsvesenene fór frem og tilbake likesom lynglimt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Mark 13:27

    And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 147:15

    He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

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  • Matthew 24:31

    And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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  • Zechariah 2:3–4

    And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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