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Revelation 10:1

Then 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.

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ASV

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

KJV

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

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πρόσωπονprosōponfaceG4383 →
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Ezekiel 1:28The 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.Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.Revelation 1:15–16His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.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 5:2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”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.Exodus 34:29And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.Revelation 8:13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”Revelation 8:2–5And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.Revelation 9:13–14Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before GodRevelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.Ezekiel 1:13In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.Matthew 28:3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.Song of Solomon 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?Revelation 14:14–15And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.Genesis 9:11–17And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

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