Revelation 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Fine brass, х chalkolibanoo (G5474), derived by some from the Greek, brass and frankincense: by Bochart, from brass, and Hebrew, libben, to whiten brass] - having in the furnace reached a white heat: so "burnished (glowing) brass" (Ezekiel 1:7; Revelation 10:1). Translate, 'glowing brass, as if they had been made redhot in a furnace.' The feet of the priests were bare in ministering in the sanctuary. So our great High Priest.

Voice as ... many waters - (Ezekiel 43:2; in Daniel 10:6, "like the voice of a multitude"). As the bridegroom's voice, so the bride's, Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6; Ezekiel 1:24, the cherubim, or redeemed creation. His voice here refers to its terribleness to His foes. Contrast Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 5:2: cf. Revelation 3:20.

Revelation 1:15

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.