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Revelation 1:15

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

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ASV

and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

KJV

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
πόδεςpodesfeetG4228 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ὅμοιοιhomoioi[are] likeG3664 →
χαλκολιβάνῳchalkolibanōas fine bronzeG5474 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
καμίνῳkaminōa furnaceG2575 →
πεπυρωμένηςpepurōmenēsrefinedG4448 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
φωνὴphōnēvoiceG5456 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ὡςhōs[is] likeG5613 →
φωνὴphōnē[the] voiceG5456 →
ὑδάτωνhudatōnof watersG5204 →
πολλῶνpollōnmanyG4183 →

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Ezekiel 1:24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.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.Daniel 10:6His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.Revelation 2:18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.Psalms 93:4Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.Ezekiel 1:7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.Ezekiel 40:3So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’Ezekiel 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

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