Ezekiel 1:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Zech 4:10 : 10 For who has 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.
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he shall send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
  • Luke 17:24 : 24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
  • Ps 147:15 : 15 He sends forth his commandment upon earth: his word runs very swiftly.
  • Dan 9:21 : 21 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me at the time of the evening offering.
  • Zech 2:3-4 : 3 And behold, the angel who talked with me went forward, and another angel went out to meet him, 4 And said to him, 'Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls because of the multitude of people and cattle in it.'

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  • Ezek 1:4-13
    10 verses
    92%

    4And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and brightness was about it, and out of its midst was as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

    5Also out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

    6And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

    7And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass.

    8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings.

    9Their wings were joined to one another; they turned not when they went; they each went straight forward.

    10As for the likeness of their faces, the four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and the four had the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle.

    11Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each were joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.

    12And each went straight forward: wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

    13As 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.

  • Ezek 1:15-28
    14 verses
    82%

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

    16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of a beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

    17When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

    18As for their rims, they were so high that they were fearful; and their rims were full of eyes all around the four of them.

    19And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

    20Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, there was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

    21When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

    22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of an awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

    23And under the firmament were their wings straight, one toward the other: each one had two, which covered on this side, and each one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

    24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

    25And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

    26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

    27And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire all around within it, from the appearance of his waist even upward, and from the appearance of his waist even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness all around.

    28Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking.

  • Rev 4:5-9
    5 verses
    76%

    5And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

    6Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. In the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

    7The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

    8The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."

    9Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

  • Ezek 10:9-17
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    75%

    9And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of a beryl stone.

    10And regarding their appearances, the four had one likeness, as if one wheel was within another wheel.

    11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they did not turn as they went, but they followed wherever the head looked; they did not turn as they went.

    12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, the wheels that they four had.

    13As for the wheels, it was called to them in my hearing, O wheel.

    14And each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

    15And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

    16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.

    17When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

  • Joel 2:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The appearance of them is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so shall they run.

    5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle.

  • Ezek 3:13
    74%

    13I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a noise of a great rushing.

  • Nah 2:4
    72%

    4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightning.

  • Ps 97:4
    72%

    4His lightnings illuminated the world: the earth saw and trembled.

  • Rev 9:9
    71%

    9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.

  • Ezek 10:1
    71%

    1Then I looked, and, behold, in the sky above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them what looked like a sapphire stone, resembling a throne.

  • Ezek 8:2
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    2Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his waist even downward, fire; and from his waist even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.

  • Ezek 10:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.

    21Each one had four faces, and each one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

  • Dan 10:6
    70%

    6His body also was like beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like polished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

  • Ezek 11:22
    70%

    22Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.