KJV King James Version
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
WEB World English Bible
In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
ASV American Standard Version
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the year of the death of king Uzziah—I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 6
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בִּשְׁנַת־H8141 · sha.nehyearמוֹת֙H4194 · ma.vetdeathהַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעֻזִּיָּ֔הוּH5818 · uz.ziy.yahUzziahוָאֶרְאֶ֧הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲדֹנָ֛יH136 · a.do.naiLordיֹשֵׁ֥בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעַל־H5921 · aluponכִּסֵּ֖אH3678 · kis.sethroneרָ֣םH7311 · rumto exaltוְנִשָּׂ֑אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseוְשׁוּלָ֖יוH7757 · shulhemמְלֵאִ֥יםH4390 · ma.leto fillאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַהֵיכָֽל׃H1964 · he.khaltemple
Cross-references
John 12:41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.Revelation 7:15-17Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.Psalm 113:5Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,Daniel 7:9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:Revelation 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].Psalm 108:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;Revelation 4:2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.Psalm 46:10Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.Exodus 24:10-11And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.Ezekiel 1:25-28And there was a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads, when they stood, [and] had let down their wings.Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.1 Timothy 6:16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.Ephesians 1:20-21Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],1 Kings 22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
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