KJV King James Version
His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
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Revelation 1:14
His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
WEB World English Bible
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
ASV American Standard Version
And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and his head and hairs white, as if white wool—as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Surrounding context — Revelation 1
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenκεφαλὴG2776 · kephalēheadαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoτρίχεςG2359 · thrixhairλευκαὶG3022 · leukoswhiteὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenἔριονG2053 · erionwoolλευκὸνG3022 · leukoswhiteὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenχιὼνG5510 · chiōnsnowκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμοὶG3788 · ophthalmoseyeαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenφλὸξG5395 · phloxflameπυρὸςG4442 · purfire
Cross-references
Daniel 10:6His body also [was] like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.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.Revelation 19:12His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.Revelation 2:18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
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