King James Version

Ezekiel 1:14

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

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וְהַחַיּ֖וֹתvehachayotand the lifeחַיconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.רָצ֣וֹאratsorunרָצָאverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “run”, the verb used for emphasisH7519to run; also to delight inaccept, run.וָשׁ֑וֹבvashovand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, infinitive absolute — “and again”, the verb used for emphasisH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…כְּמַרְאֵ֖הkemarehas visionמַרְאֶהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.הַבָּזָֽקhabazaqthe flash of lightningבָּזָקdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the flash of lightning”, the ordinary formH965a flash of lightningflash of lightning.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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