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His feet shone like bronze that had been refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of a river of rushing water.[ref]OET-LV and the feet of_him similar to_burnished_bronze as in a_furnace of_having_been_refined, and the voice of_him like the_voice of_waters many,
SR-GNT καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν, ‡
(kai hoi podes autou homoioi ⱪalkolibanōi hōs en kaminōi pepurōmenaʸs, kai haʸ fōnaʸ autou hōs fōnaʸ hudatōn pollōn,)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT and his feet were like bronze as having been refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters,
UST His feet shone like bronze that the heat of a furnace had refined. When he spoke, his resonant voice was like the noise of a great river of rushing water.
BSB His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
BLB and His feet are like fine bronze, as having been refined in a furnace; and His voice is like the voice of many waters;
AICNT and his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace; and his voice was like the sound of many waters.
OEB and his feet were like brass as when molten in a furnace; his voice was like the sound of many streams,
WEB His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
NET His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
LSV and His feet like to frankincense-colored brass, as having been fired in a furnace, and His voice as a sound of many waters;
FBV His feet looked like polished brass that had been refined in a furnace. His voice sounded like a thundering waterfall.
TCNT his feet were like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
T4T His feet looked like brass that glows as it is being purified {as people purify it} in a furnace. When he spoke, his voice sounded like the sound made by a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water).
LEB and his feet were like fine bronze when it has been fired in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters,
BBE And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
MOF No MOF REV book available
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.
DRA And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace. And his voice as the sound of many waters.
YLT and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,
DBY and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
RV 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.
WBS 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.
KJB And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
BB And his feete lyke vnto fine brasse, as though they brent in a furnace, and his voyce as the sounde of many waters.
(And his feet like unto fine brasse, as though they burnt in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters.)
GNV And his feete like vnto fine brasse, burning as in a fornace: and his voyce as the sounde of many waters.
(And his feet like unto fine brasse, burning as in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.)
CB and his fete like vnto brasse, as though they bret in a fornace: and his voyce as the sounde of many waters.
(and his feet like unto brasse, as though they bret in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.)
TNT and his fete lyke vnto brasse as though they brent in a fornace: and his voyce as the sounde of many waters.
(and his feet like unto brasse as though they burnt in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.)
WYC and hise feet lijk to latoun, as in a brennynge chymney; and the vois of hym as the vois of many watris.
(and his feet like to latoun, as in a brennynge chimney; and the voice of him as the voice of many waters.)
LUT und seine Füße gleich wie Messing, das im Ofen glühet, und seine Stimme wie groß Wasserrauschen;
(and his Füße gleich like Messing, the in_the Ofen glühet, and his Stimme like large waterrauschen;)
CLV et pedes ejus similes auricalco, sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum:
(and pedes eyus similes auricalco, sicut in camino ardenti, and vox illius tamquam vox waterrum multarum:)
UGNT καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,
(kai hoi podes autou homoioi ⱪalkolibanōi hōs en kaminōi pepurōmenaʸs, kai haʸ fōnaʸ autou hōs fōnaʸ hudatōn pollōn,)
SBL-GNT καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ, ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ ⸀πεπυρωμένης, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,
(kai hoi podes autou homoioi ⱪalkolibanōi, hōs en kaminōi ⸀pepurōmenaʸs, kai haʸ fōnaʸ autou hōs fōnaʸ hudatōn pollōn,)
TC-GNT καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ, ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένοι· καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.
(kai hoi podes autou homoioi ⱪalkolibanōi, hōs en kaminōi pepurōmenoi; kai haʸ fōnaʸ autou hōs fōnaʸ hudatōn pollōn.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
1:15 Refined or hardened bronze in the feet implies stability, firmness, and security (cp. Dan 10:6).
• The thundering voice suggests God’s power—when he speaks, he will be heard (cp. Ezek 43:2).
Symbolic Numbers
Numbers used in Scripture have often inspired wild speculation. An understanding of the symbolism of numbers in the ancient world can help ground our interpretation. Such symbolism, however, is not rigid or exact, so great care must be exercised when numbers are used in interpretation, so as not to push fanciful predictions about future events.
The number one can refer to God’s oneness (Deut 6:4; Gal 3:20; Jas 2:19). Two is the minimum number required to give a legitimate witness (Deut 17:6; Rev 11:3), and three can imply divine representation (Gen 18:1-2; 2 Cor 13:14; Rev 1:4-5). Four can stand for the known world, represented in Revelation by living creatures, horsemen, winds, and angels (Rev 4:6-8; 6:1-8; 7:1) and in Genesis by four rivers (Gen 2:10-14). When three and four are added to make seven, they represent perfection or divine fulfillment, indicating that God and the world are in harmony. The multiplication of three by four yields twelve, the number associated with God’s people (Gen 35:22-26; Exod 24:4; 28:21; Num 17:2; Josh 4:3-8; 1 Kgs 18:31; Matt 10:1-4; 19:28; Jas 1:1; Rev 12:1; 21:12–22:2. The number five and its multiples, such as ten, represent human completeness (e.g., five fingers per hand); and six carries a negative sense or implication of evil, being neither humanly complete (five) nor divinely complete (seven).
Multiples of ten (e.g., forty) are a symbolic way to indicate many, whereas three sixes (666) imply supreme evil (Rev 13:18). One thousand is regarded as the foundational large number; 12,000 indicates a large number of God’s people (Rev 7:5-8); and 144,000 represents the complete people of God (Rev 7:4; 14:1). The number 10,000 and its multiples are probably best transliterated from Greek as myriads, since they really mean “a huge number” rather than a precise count.
While some of the numbers in the Bible have symbolic meanings, using numbers to speculate on the time of Christ’s return or of the end of the world is highly dubious—only God possesses that knowledge (Mark 13:32). God did not intend for the symbolic numbers in Revelation to help us predict the future; rather, their symbolic meanings help to explain the significance of the visions. Because the numbers are symbolic, sometimes when we translate them into contemporary sizes, distances, and numbers for our ease of reading, it can result in the loss of theological significance. The use of these symbolic numbers can illuminate a vision’s relationship to the world or to the people of God.
Passages for Further Study
Gen 2:2-3; 4:15; 15:13; 41:53-54; Exod 20:6; 25:31-37; 32:15; Lev 16:14; 23:16; 2 Sam 24:13; 1 Kgs 4:26; 17:21; 18:31, 43-44; Job 1:2; Ps 90:4; Jer 15:3; 49:36; Ezek 14:21; Dan 4:16, 23-25; 7:3, 17, 24; Zech 4:2; 6:1; Matt 10:1-5; 12:40; 18:21-22; Mark 6:7; Luke 15:8; Acts 6:3; 10:16; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:4-6; 2 Pet 3:8; Rev 1:16; 2:10; 4:4; 6:1; 7:1, 4-8; 12:1, 3; 13:1; 17:3-14; 20:2-7; 21:12-21
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης
the feet ˱of˲_him similar ˱to˲_burnished_bronze as in /a/_furnace ˱of˲_/having_been/_refined
The point of this comparison is that the feet of this person were shining brightly, as refined bronze does. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “his feet were shining brightly, as bronze does when it has been refined in a furnace”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης
˱to˲_burnished_bronze as in /a/_furnace ˱of˲_/having_been/_refined
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “bronze that someone had refined in a furnace”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν
the voice ˱of˲_him like /the/_voice ˱of˲_waters many
The point of this comparison is that the voice of this person was very loud, like the sound of many waters. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “his voice was very loud, like the sound of many waters”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ὑδάτων πολλῶν
˱of˲_waters many
By many waters, John could mean a loud waterfall or raging floodwaters. Alternate translation: “of a waterfall” or “of raging floodwaters”