Revelation 1:15

His feet were like polished bronze ¹  refined ²  in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar ³  of many waters.

His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.

His feet were as bright as bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.

both feet furnace-fired bronze, His voice a cataract,

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.

his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.

His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

His feet were like polished bronze ¹  refined ²  in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar ³  of many waters.

¹ tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw), which appears nowhere else in Greek literature outside of the book of Revelation (see 2:18), is uncertain. Without question it is some sort of metal. BDAG 1076 s.v. χαλκολίβανον suggests “fine brass/bronze.” L&N 2.57 takes the word to refer to particularly valuable or fine bronze, but notes that the emphasis here and in Rev 2:18 is more on the lustrous quality of the metal.

² tn Or “that has been heated in a furnace until it glows.”

³ tn Grk “sound,” but the idea is closer to the roar of a waterfall or rapids.