Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Rev 4:1 |
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this." |
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Rev 4:2 |
Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and [One] sat on the throne. |
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Rev 4:3 |
And He who sat there was [fn] like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and [there was] a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. |
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Rev 4:4 |
Around the throne [were] twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns [fn] of gold on their heads. |
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Rev 4:5 |
And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. [fn] Seven lamps of fire [were] burning before the throne, which are the [fn] seven Spirits of God. |
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Rev 4:6 |
Before the throne [there] [was] [fn] a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. |
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Rev 4:7 |
The first living creature [was] like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle. |
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Rev 4:8 |
[The] four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, [fn] Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!" |
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Rev 4:9 |
Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, |
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Rev 4:10 |
the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: |
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Rev 4:11 |
"You are worthy, O Lord, [fn] To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist [fn] and were created." |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (4:3) M-Text omits And He who sat there was (which makes the description in verse 3 modify the throne rather than God).
- (4:4) NU-Text and M-Text read robes, with crowns.
- (4:5) NU-Text and M-Text read voices, and thunderings.
- (4:5) M-Text omits the.
- (4:6) NU-Text and M-Text add something like.
- (4:8) M-Text has holy nine times.
- (4:11) NU-Text and M-Text read our Lord and God.
- (4:11) NU-Text and M-Text read existed.
