KJV King James Version
And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 19:13
And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
WEB World English Bible
He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he is arrayed with a garment covered with blood, and his name is called, The Word of God.
Surrounding context — Revelation 19
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His 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.
13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandπεριβεβλημένοςG4016 · periballōto clotheἱμάτιονG2440 · himationclothingβεβαμμένονG911 · baptōto dipαἵματι,G129 · ahimabloodκαὶG2532 · kaiandκέκληταιG2564 · kaleōto call: callτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄνομαG3686 · onomanameαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοςG3056 · logoswordτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ.G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Isaiah 63:1-6Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Psalm 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;Isaiah 9:5For every battle of the warrior [is] with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but [this] shall be with burning [and] fuel of fire.Isaiah 34:3-8Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.1 John 5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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