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And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il y a encore devant le trône comme une mer de verre, semblable à du cristal. Au milieu du trône et autour du trône, il y a quatre êtres vivants remplis d'yeux devant et derrière.

KJV

And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 98 (Migne)

    caventes, qui estis animalia oculata [Note: [Col. 0805D] Laudis genus! Sententia quidem est Joannis (Apoc. IV, 6, 8) adeoque sacrosancta: Et in medio sedis, et in [Col. 0806C] circuitu sedis quatuor animalia plena oculis ante et retro. Et in circuitu et intus plena sunt oculis.…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    onem. Mare est baptismus, ut in Apocalypsi: «Mare vitreum simile crystallo [Note: [Col. 0995] 13 Apoc. IV, 6.] ,» id est, baptismus puritatem fidei habens et firmitatem. Mare, mundus, ut in Job: «Quis graditur super fluctus maris [Note: [Col. 0995] 14 Job. IX, 8.] ?» id es…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 157 (Migne)

    pensando perhorrescens divinae aequitatis judicium, ac ut penatum, et ante ac retro animal oculatum (Apoc. IV, 6) , longe providere ac procurare cupiens, summe necessarium humanae necessitati, inter tot intolerabiles aerumnas, electorum Dei suffragium [Note: [Col. 0401D] Anno inc…

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