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12 Their entire bodies—backs, hands, and wings—and wheels were covered with eyes all around like the four wheels.(A)

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12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes,(A) as were their four wheels.(B)

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(A)In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal.[a]

In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.

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  1. 4:6 A sea of glass like crystal: an image adapted from Ez 1:22–26. Four living creatures: these are symbols taken from Ez 1:5–21; they are identified as cherubim in Ez 10:20. Covered with eyes: these suggest God’s knowledge and concern.

Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(A) clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(B) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(C)

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The four living creatures, each of them with six wings,[a] were covered with eyes inside and out. Day and night they do not stop exclaiming:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty,
    who was, and who is, and who is to come.”(A)

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  1. 4:8 Six wings: like the seraphim of Is 6:2.

Each of the four living creatures(A) had six wings(B) and was covered with eyes all around,(C) even under its wings. Day and night(D) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[a](E)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(F)

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  1. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3