~ was as it were ~ 26_EZE_01_16  The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl, and they four had one likeness, and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. #, 42_LUK_22_44  And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. #, 66_REV_04_01  After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. #, 66_REV_10_01  And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, #,