Ezekiel 1:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

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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Cross References

Psalms 147:15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.

Zechariah 2:3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him

Matthew 24:27For 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.

Mark 13:27And 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.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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