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· kai Out from ek the ho throne thronos came ekporeuomai flashes of lightning astrapē, · kai rumblings phōnē, and kai peals of thunder brontē. · kai Seven hepta torches lampas of fire pyr, which hos are eimi the ho seven hepta spirits pneuma of ho God theos, were burning kaiō before enōpion the ho throne thronos, and kai before enōpion the ho throne thronos there was as it were hōs a sea thalassa of glass hyalinos, like homoios crystal krystallos; and kai around en mesos the ho throne thronos, · kai close by kyklōi the ho throne thronos, were four tessares living zōon creatures full gemō of eyes ophthalmos in front emprosthen and kai in back opisthen. · kai The ho first prōtos living creature zōon · ho was like homoios a lion leōn, · kai the ho second deuteros living creature zōon like homoios an ox moschos, · kai the ho third tritos living creature zōon had echō a ho face prosōpon like hōs a man’ s anthrōpos, and kai the ho fourth tetartos living creature zōon was like homoios a flying petomai eagle aetos.

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From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(A) In front of the throne, seven lamps(B) were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a](C) of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(D) clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(E) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(F) The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit