KJV King James Version
[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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Revelation 1:18
[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
WEB World English Bible
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
ASV American Standard Version
and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
Surrounding context — Revelation 1
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:
18 [I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoζῶν,G2198 · zaōto liveκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐγενόμηνG1096 · ginomaito beνεκρὸςG3498 · nekrosdeadκαὶG2532 · kaiandἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ζῶνG2198 · zaōto liveεἰμιG1510 · eimito beεἰςG1519 · eistowardτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰῶναςG165 · aiōnan age: ageτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰώνωνG165 · aiōnan age: ageκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔχωG2192 · echōto have/beτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκλεῖςG2807 · kleiskeyτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθανάτουG2288 · thanatosdeathκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoᾅδου.G86 · Hadēshell: Hades
Cross-references
Romans 6:9Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.Hebrews 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.Romans 14:8-9For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.Psalm 68:20[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.Isaiah 22:22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;Hebrews 7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.Matthew 16:19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Revelation 20:1-2And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;2 Corinthians 5:14-15For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:Job 19:25For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:2 Corinthians 13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.Revelation 4:9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,Revelation 20:14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
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