Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
New American Standard Bible
And the living beings
King James Version
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Holman Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth
International Standard Version
The living beings moved around, in appearance resembling lightning.
A Conservative Version
And 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.
Amplified
And the living beings moved rapidly back and forth like flashes of lightning.
Bible in Basic English
And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.
Darby Translation
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Julia Smith Translation
And the living creatures ran and turned back as the appearance of lightning.
King James 2000
And the living creatures ran back and forth like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the living creatures {were speeding to and fro} like the appearance of lightning.
Modern King James verseion
And the living creatures kept running and returning, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the beasts ran and returned after the fashion of lightning.
NET Bible
The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.
New Heart English Bible
The living creatures darted back and forth, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
The Emphasized Bible
And the living ones ran and returned, - like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Webster
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Date Of Vision Of Living Creatures And Glory Of The Throne Of Yahweh
13 As 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; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
Cross References
Zechariah 4:10
Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."
Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Psalm 147:15
He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
Daniel 9:21
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 about the time of the evening offering.
Zechariah 2:3-4
Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Matthew 24:31
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Mark 13:27
Then 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.
Luke 17:24
for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.