Ezekiel 1:14 “The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lig…”

Ezekiel 1:14

The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And the beastes ranne, and returned like vnto lightning.

Darby Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.

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Cross references

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

Zechariah 4:10 Matthew 24:27 Psalm 147:15 Daniel 9:21 Matthew 24:31 Mark 13:27

Zechariah 4:10 · BSB

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.”

Matthew 24:27 · BSB

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.

Psalm 147:15 · BSB

He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.

Daniel 9:21 · BSB

while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Matthew 24:31 · BSB

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Mark 13:27 · BSB

And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Also

Luke 17:24

Luke 17:24 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

15When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.

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