Ezekiel 1:14

And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances [are] as coals of fire — burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness [is] to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.

15And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

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Cross References

Psalms 147:15Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.

Zechariah 2:3And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

Matthew 24:27for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

Mark 13:27and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end 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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