Revelation 1:15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
KJV
καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένῳ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,
Greek NT
et pedes ejus similes auricalco, sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum :
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace. And his voice as the sound of many waters.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
κάμινος
kaminos
noun · 4×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
πυρόω
puroo
verb · 6×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
χαλκολίβανον
chalkolibanon
noun · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.
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Dan 10:6 · allusion"His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude."Daniel: eyes like fire, feet like bronze — Christ in Revelation
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Ezek 43:2 · echo"And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory."Ezekiel: his voice like the sound of many waters — Christ's voice
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: πεπυρωμένης | WH/Treg/NIV: πεπυρωμένης | RP: πεπυρωμένοι
- πεπυρωμένης — SBLGNT
- πεπυρωμένης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πεπυρωμένοι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
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Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
If God demands obedience from man, if He formed man, called him and placed him under laws, it was merely for man's welfare; not that God stood in need of man, but that He graciously conferred upon man His favours in every possible manner. 1. In the beginning, therefore, did God form Adam, not as if He stood in need of man, but that He might have [some one] upon whom to confer H…
1. God will not have us listen to the words and sentences contained in the Scriptures carelessly, but with much attention. This is why the blessed David has prefixed in many places to his Psalms the title for understanding, and has said, Open Thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your Law. Psalm 32:42, etc.; Psalm 119:18 And after him his son again shows that w…
Cross-references
- Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
- Ezek 1:7 — And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
- Ezek 1:7 — And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
- Ezek 1:24 — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their w
- Ezek 40:3 — And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezek 40:3 — And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezek 43:2 — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
- Ezek 43:2 — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
- Ps 93:4 — The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Rev 2:18 — And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
- Rev 10:1 — 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:
- Rev 14:2 — And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- Rev 14:2 — And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- Rev 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
- Rev 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
- Song 5:15 — His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.