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Ezekiel 1:28

The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

BSB

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ASV

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

KJV

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. 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 that spake.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כְּמַרְאֵ֣הke.mar.'Ehlike [the] appearance ofH4758 →
הַקֶּ֡שֶׁתha.Ke.shet<the> rainbowH7198 →
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834 →
יִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.Yehit isH1961 →
בֶעָנָ֜ןve.'a.Nanin the cloud[s]H6051 →
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117 →
הַגֶּ֗שֶׁםha.Ge.shem<the> rainH1653 →
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651 →
מַרְאֵ֤הmar.'Eh[the] appearance ofH4758 →
הַנֹּ֙גַהּ֙ha.No.gahthe brightnessH5051 →
סָבִ֔יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439 →
ה֕וּאhu'thatH1931 →
מַרְאֵ֖הmar.'Eh[was] [the] appearance ofH4758 →
דְּמ֣וּתde.Mut[the] likeness ofH1823 →
כְּבוֹד־ke.Vod-[the] glory ofH3519 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וָֽאֶרְאֶה֙va.'er.'Ehand I saw [it]H7200 →
וָאֶפֹּ֣לva.'e.Poland I fellH5307 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פָּנַ֔יpa.Naiface myH6440 →
וָאֶשְׁמַ֖עva.'esh.Ma'and I heardH8085 →
ק֥וֹלKola voiceH6963 →
מְדַבֵּֽר׃ סme.da.BerspeakingH1696 →

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Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.Revelation 4:2At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.Genesis 17:3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”Ezekiel 43:2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”Daniel 8:17As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”Exodus 24:16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.Ezekiel 8:4And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”Exodus 33:18–23Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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