Ecclesiastes 1-6 (King James Version)
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Ecclesiastes 1
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 2
1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 3
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 4
1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5
1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Ecclesiastes 6
1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Revelation 1-11 (Amplified Bible)
Revelation 1-11 (Amplified Bible)
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Revelation 1
1[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass [a]in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John,
2Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [[b]in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3Blessed (happy, [c]to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, [d]to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.
4John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace ([e]the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [[f]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne,(A)
5And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who [g]ever loves us and has [h]once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,(B)
6And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it).(C)
7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).(D)
8I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).(E)
9I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ.
10I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a [i]war trumpet,
11Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia--to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
12Then I turned to see [whose was] the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
13And in the midst of the lampstands [One] like a Son of Man, clothed with a robe which reached to His feet and with a girdle of gold about His breast.(F)
14His head and His hair were white like white wool, [as white] as snow, and His eyes [flashed] like a flame of fire.(G)
15His feet glowed like burnished (bright) bronze as it is refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.(H)
16In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth there came forth a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in full power at midday.(I)
17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last,(J)
18And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).
19Write therefore the things you see, what they are [and signify] and what is to take place hereafter.
20As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies (churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 2
1TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:
2I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.
3I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.
4But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
5Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent.
6Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.
7He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.(K)
8And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again:(L)
9I know your affliction and distress and pressing trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and how you are abused and reviled and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
10Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested and proved and critically appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of life.(M)
11He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). He who overcomes (is victorious) shall in no way be injured by the second death.
12Then to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Pergamum write: These are the words of Him Who has and wields the sharp two-edged sword:
13I know where you live--a place where Satan sits enthroned. [Yet] you are clinging to and holding fast My name, and you did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) in your midst--where Satan dwells.
14Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people there who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap and a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves up to sexual vice].(N)
15You also have some who in a similar way are clinging to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [those corrupters of the people] which thing I hate.
16Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
17He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (conquers), I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden, and I will give him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone, which no one knows or understands except he who receives it.(O)
18And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, Who has eyes that flash like a flame of fire, and Whose feet glow like bright and burnished and white-hot bronze:(P)
19I know your record and what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous and greater than your first ones.
20But I have this against you: that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and who is teaching and leading astray my servants and beguiling them into practicing sexual vice and eating food sacrificed to idols. [I Kings 16:31; II Kings 9:22, 30.]
21I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] and refuses to do so.
22Take note: I will throw her on a bed [[j]of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to [k]pressing distress and severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers and repent of [l]their doings.
23And I will strike her children (her proper followers) dead [thoroughly exterminating them]. And all the assemblies (churches) shall recognize and understand that I am He Who searches minds (the thoughts, feelings, and purposes) and the [inmost] hearts, and I will give to each of you [the reward for what you have done] as your work deserves.(Q)
24But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they say--I tell you that I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden:
25Only hold fast to what you have until I come.
26And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority and power over the nations;
27And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father;(R)
28And I will give him the Morning Star.
29He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
Revelation 3
1AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [[m]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead.
2Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight.
3So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come.
4Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving.
5Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.(S)
6He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
7And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open:(T)
8I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name.
9Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you.(U)
10Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the [n]lesson of My patience with the [o]expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth.
11I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.
12He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name.(V)
13He who can hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
14And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God's creation:(W)
15I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!
16So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!
17For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(X)
18Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined and tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.
19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude].(Y)
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
21He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
22He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
Revelation 4
1AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a [p]war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future.
2At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne!(Z)
3And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald.(AA)
4Twenty-four other thrones surrounded the throne, and seated on these thrones were twenty-four elders ([q]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin), arrayed in white clothing, with crowns of gold upon their heads.
5Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God [[r]the sevenfold Holy Spirit];
6And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].(AB)
7The first living creature (being) was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle.(AC)
8And the four living creatures, individually having six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come.(AD)
9And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities),(AE)
10The twenty-four elders ([s]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin) fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out,
11Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created.(AF)
Revelation 5
1AND I saw lying on the [t]open hand of Him Who was seated on the throne a scroll (book) written within and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals;(AG)
2And I saw a strong angel announcing in a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll? And [who is entitled and deserves and is morally fit] to break its seals?
3And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in the realm of the dead, Hades] was able to open the scroll or to take a [single] look at its contents.
4And I wept audibly and bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it.
5Then one of the elders [[u]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals!(AH)
6And there between the throne and the four living creatures (beings) and among the elders [[v]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God [[w]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] Who have been sent [on duty far and wide] into all the earth.(AI)
7He then went and took the scroll from the right hand of Him Who sat on the throne.
8And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [[x]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves before the Lamb. Each was holding a harp (lute or guitar), and they had golden bowls full of incense (fragrant spices and gums for burning), which are the prayers of God's people (the saints).
9And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation.(AJ)
10And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!(AK)
11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders [[y]of the heavenly Sanhedrin], and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,(AL)
12Saying in a loud voice, Deserving is the Lamb, Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing!
13And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)!(AM)
14Then the four living creatures (beings) said, Amen (so be it)! And the elders [[z]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves and worshiped Him Who lives forever and ever.
Revelation 6
1THEN I saw as the Lamb broke open one of the seven seals, and as if in a voice of thunder I heard one of the four living creatures call out, Come!
2And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.(AN)
3And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, Come!
4And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword.
5When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look ! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance).
6And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day's wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! [II Kings 6:25.]
7When the Lamb broke open the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature call out, Come!
8So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse [[aa]black and blue as if made so by bruising], and its rider's name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth.(AO)
9When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne.
10They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?(AP)
11Then they were each given a [ab]long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
12When He [the Lamb] broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood.(AQ)
13And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind.(AR)
14And the [ac]sky rolled up like a scroll and vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth and their noblemen and their magnates and their military chiefs and the wealthy and the strong and [everyone, whether] slave or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(AS)
16And they called to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on (before) us and hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the [ad]deep-seated indignation and wrath of the Lamb.(AT)
17For the great day of His wrath (vengeance, retribution, indignation) has come, and who is able to stand before it?(AU)
Revelation 7
1AFTER THIS I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, [ae]firmly holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow on the earth or sea or upon any tree.(AV)
2Then I saw a second angel coming up from the east (the rising of the sun) and carrying the seal of the living God. And with a loud voice he called out to the four angels who had been given authority and power to injure earth and sea,
3Saying, Harm neither the earth nor the sea nor the trees, until we have sealed the bond servants of our God upon their foreheads.(AW)
4And [then] I heard how many were sealed (marked) out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: there were 144,000.
5Twelve thousand were sealed (marked) out of the tribe of Judah, 12,000 of the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 of the tribe of Gad,
6Twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher, 12,000 of the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 of the tribe of Manasseh,
7Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 of the tribe of Levi, 12,000 of the tribe of Issachar,
8Twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 of the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 of the tribe of Benjamin.
9After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10In loud voice they cried, saying, [Our] salvation is due to our God, Who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [to Them we owe our deliverance]!
11And all the angels were standing round the throne and round the elders [[af]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures, and they fell prostrate before the throne and worshiped God.
12Amen! (So be it!) they cried. Blessing and glory and majesty and splendor and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and might [be ascribed] to our God to the ages and ages (forever and ever, throughout the eternities of the eternities)! Amen! (So be it!)
13Then, addressing me, one of the elders [[ag]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said, Who are these [people] clothed in the long white robes? And from where have they come?
14I replied, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(AX)
15For this reason they are [now] before the [very] throne of God and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary (temple); and He Who is sitting upon the throne will protect and spread His tabernacle over and shelter them with His presence.
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun smite them, nor any [ah]scorching heat.(AY)
17For the Lamb Who is in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to the springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.(AZ)
Revelation 8
1WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven.
2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne.(BA)
4And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel.
5So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(BB)
6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7The first angel blew [his] trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth. And a third part of the earth was burned up and a third of the trees was burned up and all the green grass was burned up.(BC)
8The second angel blew [his] trumpet, and something resembling a great mountain, blazing with fire, was hurled into the sea.(BD)
9And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10The third angel blew [his] trumpet, and a huge star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it dropped on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water--
11And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter.
12Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining.
13Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!
Revelation 9
1THEN THE fifth angel blew [his] trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth; and to the angel was given the key [ai]of the shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit).
2He opened the [aj]long shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit), and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed out of the [ak]long shaft, so that the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the long shaft.(BE)
3Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth's scorpions have.(BF)
4They were told not to injure the herbage of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but only [to attack] such human beings as do not have the seal (mark) of God on their foreheads.(BG)
5They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person.
6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will yearn to die, but death evades and flees from them.(BH)
7The locusts resembled horses equipped for battle. On their heads was something like golden crowns. Their faces resembled the faces of people.(BI)
8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.(BJ)
9Their breastplates (scales) resembled breastplates made of iron, and the [whirring] noise made by their wings was like the roar of a vast number of horse-drawn chariots going at full speed into battle.(BK)
10They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months.
11Over them as king they have the angel of the Abyss (of the bottomless pit). In Hebrew his name is Abaddon [destruction], but in Greek he is called Apollyon [destroyer].
12The first woe (calamity) has passed; behold, two others are yet to follow.
13Then the sixth angel blew [his] trumpet, and from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God I heard a solitary voice,
14Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Liberate the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
15So the four angels who had been in readiness for that hour in the appointed day, month, and year were liberated to destroy a third of mankind.
16The number of their troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (200,000,000); I heard what their number was.
17And in [my] vision the horses and their riders appeared to me like this: the riders wore breastplates the color of fiery red and sapphire blue and sulphur (brimstone) yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions' heads, and from their mouths there poured fire and smoke and sulphur (brimstone).
18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues--by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur (brimstone) that poured from the mouths of the horses.
19For the power of the horses to do harm is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like serpents, for they have heads, and it is by means of them that they wound people.
20And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues even then did not repent of [the worship of] the works of their [own] hands, so as to cease paying homage to the demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor move.(BL)
21And they did not repent of their murders or their practice of magic (sorceries) or their sexual vice or their thefts.
Revelation 10
1THEN I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, robed in a cloud, with a [halo like a] rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet (legs) were like columns of fire.
2He had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3And he shouted with a loud voice like the roaring of a lion; and when he had shouted, the seven thunders gave voice and uttered their message in distinct words.
4And when the seven thunders had spoken (sounded), I was going to write [it down], but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!
5Then the [mighty] angel whom I had seen stationed on sea and land raised his right hand to heaven (the [al]sky),(BM)
6And swore in the name of (by) Him Who lives forever and ever, Who created the heavens ([am]sky) and all they contain, and the earth and all that it contains, and the sea and all that it contains. [He swore] that no more time should intervene and there should be no more waiting or delay,
7But that when the days come when the trumpet call of the seventh angel is about to be sounded, then God's mystery (His secret design, His hidden purpose), as He had announced the glad tidings to His servants the prophets, should be fulfilled (accomplished, completed).(BN)
8Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke again to me, saying, Go and take the little book (scroll) which is open on the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.
9So I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.(BO)
10So I took the little book from the angel's hand and ate and swallowed it; it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was embittered.
11Then they said to me, You are to make a fresh prophecy concerning many peoples and races and nations and languages and kings.(BP)
Revelation 11
1A REED [as a measuring rod] was then given to me, [shaped] like a staff, and I was told: Rise up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar [of incense], and [number] those who worship there.(BQ)
2But leave out of your measuring the court outside the sanctuary of God; omit that, for it is given over to the Gentiles (the nations), and they will trample the holy city underfoot for 42 months (three and one-half years).(BR)
3And I will grant the power of prophecy to My two witnesses for 1,260 (42 months; three and one-half years), dressed in sackcloth.
4These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth.(BS)
5And if anyone attempts to injure them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, thus he is doomed to be slain. [II Kings 1:10; Jer. 5:14.]
6These [two witnesses] have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying (their [an]prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph); and they also have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite and scourge the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose.(BT)
7But when they have finished their testimony and their evidence is all in, the beast (monster) that comes up out of the Abyss (bottomless pit) will wage war on them, and conquer them and kill them.(BU)
8And their dead bodies [will lie exposed] in the open street ([ao]a public square) of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called [by the mystical and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.(BV)
9For three and a half days men from the races and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and will not allow them to be put in a tomb.
10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat and exult over them and rejoice exceedingly, taking their ease and sending presents [in congratulation] to one another, because these two prophets had been such a vexation and trouble and torment to all the dwellers on the earth.
11But after three and a half days, by God's gift the breath of life again entered into them, and they rose up on their feet, and great dread and terror fell on those who watched them.(BW)
12Then [the two witnesses] heard a strong voice from heaven calling to them, Come up here! And before the very eyes of their enemies they ascended into heaven in a cloud. [II Kings 2:11.]
13And at that [very] hour there was a tremendous earthquake and one tenth of the city was destroyed (fell); seven thousand people perished in the earthquake, and those who remained were filled with dread and terror and were awe-struck, and they glorified the God of heaven.
14The second woe (calamity) has passed; now the third woe is speedily to come.
15The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!(BX)
16Then the twenty-four elders [of [ap]the heavenly Sanhedrin], who sit on their thrones before God, prostrated themselves before Him and worshiped,
17Exclaiming, To You we give thanks, Lord God Omnipotent, [the One] Who is and [ever] was, for assuming the high sovereignty and the great power that are Yours and for beginning to reign.
18And the heathen (the nations) raged, but Your wrath (retribution, indignation) came, the time when the dead will be judged and Your servants the prophets and saints rewarded--and those who revere (fear) Your name, both low and high and small and great--and [the time] for destroying the corrupters of the earth.(BY)
19Then the sanctuary of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of His covenant was seen standing inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings (blasts, mutterings), peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a terrific hailstorm. [I Kings 8:1-6.]
Footnotes:
1. Revelation 1:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
2. Revelation 1:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
3. Revelation 1:3 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
4. Revelation 1:3 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
5. Revelation 1:4 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
6. Revelation 1:4 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
7. Revelation 1:5 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: "ever" and "once" captures the idea of ongoing and completed action contained within the Greek present and aorist (past) verb tenses used here.
8. Revelation 1:5 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: "ever" and "once" captures the idea of ongoing and completed action contained within the Greek present and aorist (past) verb tenses used here.
9. Revelation 1:10 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
10. Revelation 2:22 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
11. Revelation 2:22 Literal translation.
12. Revelation 2:22 Many ancient manuscripts so read.
13. Revelation 3:1 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
14. Revelation 3:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: The Greek, which we translate "of patient endurance," paints a picture of "a patient, steadfast waiting" for someone or something.
15. Revelation 3:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: The Greek, which we translate "of patient endurance," paints a picture of "a patient, steadfast waiting" for someone or something.
16. Revelation 4:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
17. Revelation 4:4 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
18. Revelation 4:5 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
19. Revelation 4:10 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
20. Revelation 5:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
21. Revelation 5:5 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
22. Revelation 5:6 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
23. Revelation 5:6 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
24. Revelation 5:8 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
25. Revelation 5:11 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
26. Revelation 5:14 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
27. Revelation 6:8 A description of the livid, ashen, discolored appearance of the dead; it symbolizes death and pestilence.
28. Revelation 6:11 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
29. Revelation 6:14 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.
30. Revelation 6:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
31. Revelation 7:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
32. Revelation 7:11 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
33. Revelation 7:13 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
34. Revelation 7:16 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
35. Revelation 9:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
36. Revelation 9:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
37. Revelation 9:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
38. Revelation 10:5 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
39. Revelation 10:6 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
40. Revelation 11:6 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
41. Revelation 11:8 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
42. Revelation 11:16 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
Cross references:
1. Revelation 1:4 : Isa 11:2
2. Revelation 1:5 : Ps 89:27
3. Revelation 1:6 : Exod 19:6; Isa 61:6
4. Revelation 1:7 : Dan 7:13; Zech 12:10
5. Revelation 1:8 : Isa 9:6
6. Revelation 1:13 : Dan 7:13; 10:5
7. Revelation 1:14 : Dan 7:9
8. Revelation 1:15 : Dan 10:6
9. Revelation 1:16 : Exod 34:29
10. Revelation 1:17 : Isa 44:6
11. Revelation 2:7 : Gen 2:9; 3:24
12. Revelation 2:8 : Isa 44:6
13. Revelation 2:10 : Rev 3:10, 11
14. Revelation 2:14 : Num 25:1, 2; 31:16
15. Revelation 2:17 : Ps 78:24; Isa 62:2
16. Revelation 2:18 : Dan 10:6
17. Revelation 2:23 : Ps 62:12; Jer 17:10
18. Revelation 2:27 : Ps 2:8, 9
19. Revelation 3:5 : Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1
20. Revelation 3:7 : Isa 22:22
21. Revelation 3:9 : Isa 43:4; 49:23; 60:14
22. Revelation 3:12 : Isa 62:2; Ezek 48:35
23. Revelation 3:14 : Isa 55:4; Prov 8:22
24. Revelation 3:17 : Hos 12:8
25. Revelation 3:19 : Prov 3:12
26. Revelation 4:2 : Ezek 1:26
27. Revelation 4:3 : Ezek 1:28
28. Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:5, 18
29. Revelation 4:7 : Ezek 1:10
30. Revelation 4:8 : Isa 6:1-3
31. Revelation 4:9 : Ps 47:8
32. Revelation 4:11 : Ps 19:1
33. Revelation 5:1 : Isa 29:11; Ezek 2:9, 10; Dan 12:4
34. Revelation 5:5 : Gen 49:9, 10; Isa 11:1, 10; Rev 22:16
35. Revelation 5:6 : Isa 53:7; Zech 3:8, 9; 4:10
36. Revelation 5:9 : Ps 33:3
37. Revelation 5:10 : Exod 19:6; Isa 61:6
38. Revelation 5:11 : Dan 7:10
39. Revelation 5:13 : Dan 7:13, 14
40. Revelation 6:2 : Ps 45:4, 5; Zech 1:8; 6:1-3
41. Revelation 6:8 : Ezek 5:12; Hos 13:14
42. Revelation 6:10 : Gen 4:10; Ps 79:5; Zech 1:12
43. Revelation 6:12 : Joel 2:10, 31
44. Revelation 6:13 : Isa 34:4
45. Revelation 6:15 : Isa 2:10
46. Revelation 6:16 : Isa 2:19-21; Hos 10:8
47. Revelation 6:17 : Joel 2:11; Mal 3:2
48. Revelation 7:1 : Zech 6:5
49. Revelation 7:3 : Ezek 9:4
50. Revelation 7:14 : Gen 49:11; Dan 12:1
51. Revelation 7:16 : Isa 49:10; Ps 121:6
52. Revelation 7:17 : Ps 23:2; Isa 25:8; Ezek 34:23
53. Revelation 8:3 : Ps 141:2
54. Revelation 8:5 : Lev 16:12; Ezek 10:2
55. Revelation 8:7 : Exod 9:23-25
56. Revelation 8:8 : Jer 51:25
57. Revelation 9:2 : Gen 19:28; Exod 19:18; Joel 2:10
58. Revelation 9:3 : Exod 10:12-15
59. Revelation 9:4 : Ezek 9:4
60. Revelation 9:6 : Job 3:21
61. Revelation 9:7 : Joel 2:4
62. Revelation 9:8 : Joel 1:6
63. Revelation 9:9 : Joel 2:5
64. Revelation 9:20 : Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-17; Isa 17:8
65. Revelation 10:5 : Deut 32:40; Dan 12:6, 7
66. Revelation 10:7 : Dan 12:6, 7
67. Revelation 10:9 : Ezek 2:8, 9; 3:1-3
68. Revelation 10:11 : Jer 1:10
69. Revelation 11:1 : Ezek 40:3
70. Revelation 11:2 : Isa 63:18; Zech 12:3
71. Revelation 11:4 : Zech 4:3, 11-14
72. Revelation 11:6 : Exod 7:17, 19; I Kings 17:1
73. Revelation 11:7 : Dan 7:3, 7, 21
74. Revelation 11:8 : Isa 1:9
75. Revelation 11:11 : Ezek 37:5, 10
76. Revelation 11:15 : Ps 22:28; Dan 7:13, 14, 27
77. Revelation 11:18 : Ps 2:1
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Revelation 1
1[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass [a]in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John,
2Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [[b]in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3Blessed (happy, [c]to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, [d]to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.
4John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace ([e]the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [[f]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne,(A)
5And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who [g]ever loves us and has [h]once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,(B)
6And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it).(C)
7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).(D)
8I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).(E)
9I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ.
10I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a [i]war trumpet,
11Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia--to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
12Then I turned to see [whose was] the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
13And in the midst of the lampstands [One] like a Son of Man, clothed with a robe which reached to His feet and with a girdle of gold about His breast.(F)
14His head and His hair were white like white wool, [as white] as snow, and His eyes [flashed] like a flame of fire.(G)
15His feet glowed like burnished (bright) bronze as it is refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.(H)
16In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth there came forth a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in full power at midday.(I)
17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last,(J)
18And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).
19Write therefore the things you see, what they are [and signify] and what is to take place hereafter.
20As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies (churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 2
1TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:
2I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.
3I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.
4But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
5Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent.
6Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.
7He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.(K)
8And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again:(L)
9I know your affliction and distress and pressing trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and how you are abused and reviled and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
10Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested and proved and critically appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of life.(M)
11He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). He who overcomes (is victorious) shall in no way be injured by the second death.
12Then to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Pergamum write: These are the words of Him Who has and wields the sharp two-edged sword:
13I know where you live--a place where Satan sits enthroned. [Yet] you are clinging to and holding fast My name, and you did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) in your midst--where Satan dwells.
14Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people there who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap and a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves up to sexual vice].(N)
15You also have some who in a similar way are clinging to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [those corrupters of the people] which thing I hate.
16Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
17He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (conquers), I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden, and I will give him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone, which no one knows or understands except he who receives it.(O)
18And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, Who has eyes that flash like a flame of fire, and Whose feet glow like bright and burnished and white-hot bronze:(P)
19I know your record and what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous and greater than your first ones.
20But I have this against you: that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and who is teaching and leading astray my servants and beguiling them into practicing sexual vice and eating food sacrificed to idols. [I Kings 16:31; II Kings 9:22, 30.]
21I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] and refuses to do so.
22Take note: I will throw her on a bed [[j]of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to [k]pressing distress and severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers and repent of [l]their doings.
23And I will strike her children (her proper followers) dead [thoroughly exterminating them]. And all the assemblies (churches) shall recognize and understand that I am He Who searches minds (the thoughts, feelings, and purposes) and the [inmost] hearts, and I will give to each of you [the reward for what you have done] as your work deserves.(Q)
24But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they say--I tell you that I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden:
25Only hold fast to what you have until I come.
26And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority and power over the nations;
27And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father;(R)
28And I will give him the Morning Star.
29He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
Revelation 3
1AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [[m]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead.
2Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight.
3So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come.
4Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving.
5Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.(S)
6He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
7And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open:(T)
8I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name.
9Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you.(U)
10Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the [n]lesson of My patience with the [o]expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth.
11I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.
12He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name.(V)
13He who can hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
14And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God's creation:(W)
15I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!
16So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!
17For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(X)
18Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined and tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.
19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude].(Y)
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
21He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
22He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
Revelation 4
1AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a [p]war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future.
2At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne!(Z)
3And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald.(AA)
4Twenty-four other thrones surrounded the throne, and seated on these thrones were twenty-four elders ([q]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin), arrayed in white clothing, with crowns of gold upon their heads.
5Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God [[r]the sevenfold Holy Spirit];
6And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].(AB)
7The first living creature (being) was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle.(AC)
8And the four living creatures, individually having six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come.(AD)
9And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities),(AE)
10The twenty-four elders ([s]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin) fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out,
11Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created.(AF)
Revelation 5
1AND I saw lying on the [t]open hand of Him Who was seated on the throne a scroll (book) written within and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals;(AG)
2And I saw a strong angel announcing in a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll? And [who is entitled and deserves and is morally fit] to break its seals?
3And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in the realm of the dead, Hades] was able to open the scroll or to take a [single] look at its contents.
4And I wept audibly and bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it.
5Then one of the elders [[u]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals!(AH)
6And there between the throne and the four living creatures (beings) and among the elders [[v]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God [[w]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] Who have been sent [on duty far and wide] into all the earth.(AI)
7He then went and took the scroll from the right hand of Him Who sat on the throne.
8And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [[x]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves before the Lamb. Each was holding a harp (lute or guitar), and they had golden bowls full of incense (fragrant spices and gums for burning), which are the prayers of God's people (the saints).
9And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation.(AJ)
10And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!(AK)
11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders [[y]of the heavenly Sanhedrin], and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,(AL)
12Saying in a loud voice, Deserving is the Lamb, Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing!
13And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)!(AM)
14Then the four living creatures (beings) said, Amen (so be it)! And the elders [[z]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves and worshiped Him Who lives forever and ever.
Revelation 6
1THEN I saw as the Lamb broke open one of the seven seals, and as if in a voice of thunder I heard one of the four living creatures call out, Come!
2And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.(AN)
3And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, Come!
4And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword.
5When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look ! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance).
6And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day's wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! [II Kings 6:25.]
7When the Lamb broke open the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature call out, Come!
8So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse [[aa]black and blue as if made so by bruising], and its rider's name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth.(AO)
9When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne.
10They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?(AP)
11Then they were each given a [ab]long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
12When He [the Lamb] broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood.(AQ)
13And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind.(AR)
14And the [ac]sky rolled up like a scroll and vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth and their noblemen and their magnates and their military chiefs and the wealthy and the strong and [everyone, whether] slave or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(AS)
16And they called to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on (before) us and hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the [ad]deep-seated indignation and wrath of the Lamb.(AT)
17For the great day of His wrath (vengeance, retribution, indignation) has come, and who is able to stand before it?(AU)
Revelation 7
1AFTER THIS I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, [ae]firmly holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow on the earth or sea or upon any tree.(AV)
2Then I saw a second angel coming up from the east (the rising of the sun) and carrying the seal of the living God. And with a loud voice he called out to the four angels who had been given authority and power to injure earth and sea,
3Saying, Harm neither the earth nor the sea nor the trees, until we have sealed the bond servants of our God upon their foreheads.(AW)
4And [then] I heard how many were sealed (marked) out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: there were 144,000.
5Twelve thousand were sealed (marked) out of the tribe of Judah, 12,000 of the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 of the tribe of Gad,
6Twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher, 12,000 of the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 of the tribe of Manasseh,
7Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 of the tribe of Levi, 12,000 of the tribe of Issachar,
8Twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 of the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 of the tribe of Benjamin.
9After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10In loud voice they cried, saying, [Our] salvation is due to our God, Who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [to Them we owe our deliverance]!
11And all the angels were standing round the throne and round the elders [[af]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures, and they fell prostrate before the throne and worshiped God.
12Amen! (So be it!) they cried. Blessing and glory and majesty and splendor and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and might [be ascribed] to our God to the ages and ages (forever and ever, throughout the eternities of the eternities)! Amen! (So be it!)
13Then, addressing me, one of the elders [[ag]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said, Who are these [people] clothed in the long white robes? And from where have they come?
14I replied, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(AX)
15For this reason they are [now] before the [very] throne of God and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary (temple); and He Who is sitting upon the throne will protect and spread His tabernacle over and shelter them with His presence.
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun smite them, nor any [ah]scorching heat.(AY)
17For the Lamb Who is in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to the springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.(AZ)
Revelation 8
1WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven.
2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne.(BA)
4And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel.
5So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(BB)
6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7The first angel blew [his] trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth. And a third part of the earth was burned up and a third of the trees was burned up and all the green grass was burned up.(BC)
8The second angel blew [his] trumpet, and something resembling a great mountain, blazing with fire, was hurled into the sea.(BD)
9And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10The third angel blew [his] trumpet, and a huge star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it dropped on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water--
11And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter.
12Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining.
13Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!
Revelation 9
1THEN THE fifth angel blew [his] trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth; and to the angel was given the key [ai]of the shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit).
2He opened the [aj]long shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit), and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed out of the [ak]long shaft, so that the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the long shaft.(BE)
3Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth's scorpions have.(BF)
4They were told not to injure the herbage of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but only [to attack] such human beings as do not have the seal (mark) of God on their foreheads.(BG)
5They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person.
6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will yearn to die, but death evades and flees from them.(BH)
7The locusts resembled horses equipped for battle. On their heads was something like golden crowns. Their faces resembled the faces of people.(BI)
8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.(BJ)
9Their breastplates (scales) resembled breastplates made of iron, and the [whirring] noise made by their wings was like the roar of a vast number of horse-drawn chariots going at full speed into battle.(BK)
10They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months.
11Over them as king they have the angel of the Abyss (of the bottomless pit). In Hebrew his name is Abaddon [destruction], but in Greek he is called Apollyon [destroyer].
12The first woe (calamity) has passed; behold, two others are yet to follow.
13Then the sixth angel blew [his] trumpet, and from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God I heard a solitary voice,
14Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Liberate the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
15So the four angels who had been in readiness for that hour in the appointed day, month, and year were liberated to destroy a third of mankind.
16The number of their troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (200,000,000); I heard what their number was.
17And in [my] vision the horses and their riders appeared to me like this: the riders wore breastplates the color of fiery red and sapphire blue and sulphur (brimstone) yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions' heads, and from their mouths there poured fire and smoke and sulphur (brimstone).
18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues--by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur (brimstone) that poured from the mouths of the horses.
19For the power of the horses to do harm is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like serpents, for they have heads, and it is by means of them that they wound people.
20And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues even then did not repent of [the worship of] the works of their [own] hands, so as to cease paying homage to the demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor move.(BL)
21And they did not repent of their murders or their practice of magic (sorceries) or their sexual vice or their thefts.
Revelation 10
1THEN I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, robed in a cloud, with a [halo like a] rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet (legs) were like columns of fire.
2He had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3And he shouted with a loud voice like the roaring of a lion; and when he had shouted, the seven thunders gave voice and uttered their message in distinct words.
4And when the seven thunders had spoken (sounded), I was going to write [it down], but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!
5Then the [mighty] angel whom I had seen stationed on sea and land raised his right hand to heaven (the [al]sky),(BM)
6And swore in the name of (by) Him Who lives forever and ever, Who created the heavens ([am]sky) and all they contain, and the earth and all that it contains, and the sea and all that it contains. [He swore] that no more time should intervene and there should be no more waiting or delay,
7But that when the days come when the trumpet call of the seventh angel is about to be sounded, then God's mystery (His secret design, His hidden purpose), as He had announced the glad tidings to His servants the prophets, should be fulfilled (accomplished, completed).(BN)
8Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke again to me, saying, Go and take the little book (scroll) which is open on the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.
9So I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.(BO)
10So I took the little book from the angel's hand and ate and swallowed it; it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was embittered.
11Then they said to me, You are to make a fresh prophecy concerning many peoples and races and nations and languages and kings.(BP)
Revelation 11
1A REED [as a measuring rod] was then given to me, [shaped] like a staff, and I was told: Rise up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar [of incense], and [number] those who worship there.(BQ)
2But leave out of your measuring the court outside the sanctuary of God; omit that, for it is given over to the Gentiles (the nations), and they will trample the holy city underfoot for 42 months (three and one-half years).(BR)
3And I will grant the power of prophecy to My two witnesses for 1,260 (42 months; three and one-half years), dressed in sackcloth.
4These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth.(BS)
5And if anyone attempts to injure them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, thus he is doomed to be slain. [II Kings 1:10; Jer. 5:14.]
6These [two witnesses] have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying (their [an]prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph); and they also have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite and scourge the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose.(BT)
7But when they have finished their testimony and their evidence is all in, the beast (monster) that comes up out of the Abyss (bottomless pit) will wage war on them, and conquer them and kill them.(BU)
8And their dead bodies [will lie exposed] in the open street ([ao]a public square) of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called [by the mystical and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.(BV)
9For three and a half days men from the races and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and will not allow them to be put in a tomb.
10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat and exult over them and rejoice exceedingly, taking their ease and sending presents [in congratulation] to one another, because these two prophets had been such a vexation and trouble and torment to all the dwellers on the earth.
11But after three and a half days, by God's gift the breath of life again entered into them, and they rose up on their feet, and great dread and terror fell on those who watched them.(BW)
12Then [the two witnesses] heard a strong voice from heaven calling to them, Come up here! And before the very eyes of their enemies they ascended into heaven in a cloud. [II Kings 2:11.]
13And at that [very] hour there was a tremendous earthquake and one tenth of the city was destroyed (fell); seven thousand people perished in the earthquake, and those who remained were filled with dread and terror and were awe-struck, and they glorified the God of heaven.
14The second woe (calamity) has passed; now the third woe is speedily to come.
15The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!(BX)
16Then the twenty-four elders [of [ap]the heavenly Sanhedrin], who sit on their thrones before God, prostrated themselves before Him and worshiped,
17Exclaiming, To You we give thanks, Lord God Omnipotent, [the One] Who is and [ever] was, for assuming the high sovereignty and the great power that are Yours and for beginning to reign.
18And the heathen (the nations) raged, but Your wrath (retribution, indignation) came, the time when the dead will be judged and Your servants the prophets and saints rewarded--and those who revere (fear) Your name, both low and high and small and great--and [the time] for destroying the corrupters of the earth.(BY)
19Then the sanctuary of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of His covenant was seen standing inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings (blasts, mutterings), peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a terrific hailstorm. [I Kings 8:1-6.]
Footnotes:
1. Revelation 1:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
2. Revelation 1:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
3. Revelation 1:3 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
4. Revelation 1:3 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
5. Revelation 1:4 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
6. Revelation 1:4 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
7. Revelation 1:5 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: "ever" and "once" captures the idea of ongoing and completed action contained within the Greek present and aorist (past) verb tenses used here.
8. Revelation 1:5 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: "ever" and "once" captures the idea of ongoing and completed action contained within the Greek present and aorist (past) verb tenses used here.
9. Revelation 1:10 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
10. Revelation 2:22 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
11. Revelation 2:22 Literal translation.
12. Revelation 2:22 Many ancient manuscripts so read.
13. Revelation 3:1 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
14. Revelation 3:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: The Greek, which we translate "of patient endurance," paints a picture of "a patient, steadfast waiting" for someone or something.
15. Revelation 3:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: The Greek, which we translate "of patient endurance," paints a picture of "a patient, steadfast waiting" for someone or something.
16. Revelation 4:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
17. Revelation 4:4 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
18. Revelation 4:5 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
19. Revelation 4:10 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
20. Revelation 5:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
21. Revelation 5:5 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
22. Revelation 5:6 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
23. Revelation 5:6 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
24. Revelation 5:8 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
25. Revelation 5:11 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
26. Revelation 5:14 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
27. Revelation 6:8 A description of the livid, ashen, discolored appearance of the dead; it symbolizes death and pestilence.
28. Revelation 6:11 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
29. Revelation 6:14 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.
30. Revelation 6:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
31. Revelation 7:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
32. Revelation 7:11 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
33. Revelation 7:13 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
34. Revelation 7:16 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
35. Revelation 9:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
36. Revelation 9:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
37. Revelation 9:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
38. Revelation 10:5 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
39. Revelation 10:6 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
40. Revelation 11:6 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
41. Revelation 11:8 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
42. Revelation 11:16 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
Cross references:
1. Revelation 1:4 : Isa 11:2
2. Revelation 1:5 : Ps 89:27
3. Revelation 1:6 : Exod 19:6; Isa 61:6
4. Revelation 1:7 : Dan 7:13; Zech 12:10
5. Revelation 1:8 : Isa 9:6
6. Revelation 1:13 : Dan 7:13; 10:5
7. Revelation 1:14 : Dan 7:9
8. Revelation 1:15 : Dan 10:6
9. Revelation 1:16 : Exod 34:29
10. Revelation 1:17 : Isa 44:6
11. Revelation 2:7 : Gen 2:9; 3:24
12. Revelation 2:8 : Isa 44:6
13. Revelation 2:10 : Rev 3:10, 11
14. Revelation 2:14 : Num 25:1, 2; 31:16
15. Revelation 2:17 : Ps 78:24; Isa 62:2
16. Revelation 2:18 : Dan 10:6
17. Revelation 2:23 : Ps 62:12; Jer 17:10
18. Revelation 2:27 : Ps 2:8, 9
19. Revelation 3:5 : Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1
20. Revelation 3:7 : Isa 22:22
21. Revelation 3:9 : Isa 43:4; 49:23; 60:14
22. Revelation 3:12 : Isa 62:2; Ezek 48:35
23. Revelation 3:14 : Isa 55:4; Prov 8:22
24. Revelation 3:17 : Hos 12:8
25. Revelation 3:19 : Prov 3:12
26. Revelation 4:2 : Ezek 1:26
27. Revelation 4:3 : Ezek 1:28
28. Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:5, 18
29. Revelation 4:7 : Ezek 1:10
30. Revelation 4:8 : Isa 6:1-3
31. Revelation 4:9 : Ps 47:8
32. Revelation 4:11 : Ps 19:1
33. Revelation 5:1 : Isa 29:11; Ezek 2:9, 10; Dan 12:4
34. Revelation 5:5 : Gen 49:9, 10; Isa 11:1, 10; Rev 22:16
35. Revelation 5:6 : Isa 53:7; Zech 3:8, 9; 4:10
36. Revelation 5:9 : Ps 33:3
37. Revelation 5:10 : Exod 19:6; Isa 61:6
38. Revelation 5:11 : Dan 7:10
39. Revelation 5:13 : Dan 7:13, 14
40. Revelation 6:2 : Ps 45:4, 5; Zech 1:8; 6:1-3
41. Revelation 6:8 : Ezek 5:12; Hos 13:14
42. Revelation 6:10 : Gen 4:10; Ps 79:5; Zech 1:12
43. Revelation 6:12 : Joel 2:10, 31
44. Revelation 6:13 : Isa 34:4
45. Revelation 6:15 : Isa 2:10
46. Revelation 6:16 : Isa 2:19-21; Hos 10:8
47. Revelation 6:17 : Joel 2:11; Mal 3:2
48. Revelation 7:1 : Zech 6:5
49. Revelation 7:3 : Ezek 9:4
50. Revelation 7:14 : Gen 49:11; Dan 12:1
51. Revelation 7:16 : Isa 49:10; Ps 121:6
52. Revelation 7:17 : Ps 23:2; Isa 25:8; Ezek 34:23
53. Revelation 8:3 : Ps 141:2
54. Revelation 8:5 : Lev 16:12; Ezek 10:2
55. Revelation 8:7 : Exod 9:23-25
56. Revelation 8:8 : Jer 51:25
57. Revelation 9:2 : Gen 19:28; Exod 19:18; Joel 2:10
58. Revelation 9:3 : Exod 10:12-15
59. Revelation 9:4 : Ezek 9:4
60. Revelation 9:6 : Job 3:21
61. Revelation 9:7 : Joel 2:4
62. Revelation 9:8 : Joel 1:6
63. Revelation 9:9 : Joel 2:5
64. Revelation 9:20 : Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-17; Isa 17:8
65. Revelation 10:5 : Deut 32:40; Dan 12:6, 7
66. Revelation 10:7 : Dan 12:6, 7
67. Revelation 10:9 : Ezek 2:8, 9; 3:1-3
68. Revelation 10:11 : Jer 1:10
69. Revelation 11:1 : Ezek 40:3
70. Revelation 11:2 : Isa 63:18; Zech 12:3
71. Revelation 11:4 : Zech 4:3, 11-14
72. Revelation 11:6 : Exod 7:17, 19; I Kings 17:1
73. Revelation 11:7 : Dan 7:3, 7, 21
74. Revelation 11:8 : Isa 1:9
75. Revelation 11:11 : Ezek 37:5, 10
76. Revelation 11:15 : Ps 22:28; Dan 7:13, 14, 27
77. Revelation 11:18 : Ps 2:1
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