Revelation 1:15

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 1:15 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 93:4Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
  2. 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.
  3. Ezekiel 1:7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

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