Ezekiel 1:14
Modern Translations
New International Version
The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.

New Living Translation
And the living beings darted to and fro like flashes of lightning.

English Standard Version
And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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

New American Standard Bible
And the living beings ran back and forth like bolts of lightning.

NASB 1995
And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

NASB 1977
And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

Amplified Bible
And the living beings moved rapidly back and forth like flashes of lightning.

Christian Standard Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.

Contemporary English Version
The creatures themselves moved as quickly as sparks jumping from a fire.

Good News Translation
The creatures themselves darted back and forth with the speed of lightning.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The living creatures ran back and forth like lightning.

International Standard Version
The living beings moved around, in appearance resembling lightning.

NET Bible
The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

New King James Version
And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.

King James 2000 Bible
And the living creatures ran back and forth like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

New Heart English Bible
The living creatures darted back and forth, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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

American King James 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.

A Faithful Version
And the living creatures kept running back and forth, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the beastes ranne, and returned like vnto lightning.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the beastes ranne, and returned like lightening.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Whe ye beestes wete forwarde & backwarde, one wolde haue thought it had lightened.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

Young's Literal Translation
And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the living creatures ran and turned back as the appearance of lightning.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the living creatures went and returned like flashes of lightning.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the living creatures were running and were not turning, like the appearance of a comet

Lamsa Bible
And the living creatures ran, but returned not, and their appearance was like a flash of lightning.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
















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