Ezekiel 1:14

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.

15Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

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Cross References

Psalms 147:15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

Zechariah 2:3Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

Matthew 24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Mark 13:27Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

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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