Ezekiel 1:14
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And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.

Psalm 147:15 Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.

Daniel 9:21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.

Zechariah 2:3,4 And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him. . . .

Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

Matthew 24:27,31 For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the cowling of the Son of man be. . . .

Mark 13:27 And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Context
The Four Living Creatures
13And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire. 14And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
Cross References
Matthew 24:27
For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the cowling of the Son of man be.

Luke 17:24
For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

Zechariah 4:10
For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

Lexicon
The creatures
וְהַחַיּ֖וֹת (wə·ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

were darting back and forth
רָצ֣וֹא (rā·ṣō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7519: To run, to delight in

as quickly as
כְּמַרְאֵ֖ה (kə·mar·’êh)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

flashes of lightning.
הַבָּזָֽק׃ (hab·bā·zāq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 965: A flash of lightning


Additional Translations
The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

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

And in the midst of the living creatures there was an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning.

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

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

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

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

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