KJV King James Version
After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
WEB World English Bible
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
ASV American Standard Version
After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard is as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;’
Surrounding context — Revelation 4
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΜετὰG3326 · metawith/afterταῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itεἶδον,G1492 · eidōto perceive: understandκαὶG2532 · kaiandἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!θύραG2374 · thuradoorἠνεῳγμένηG455 · anoigōto openἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανῷ,G3772 · ouranosheavenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoφωνὴG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρώτηG4413 · prōtosfirstἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἤκουσαG191 · akouōto hearὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenσάλπιγγοςG4536 · salpigxtrumpetλαλούσηςG2980 · laleōto speakμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterἐμοῦG1473 · egōI/weλέγων·G3004 · legōto sayἀνάβαG305 · anabainōto ascendὧδε,G5602 · hōdehereκαὶG2532 · kaiandδείξωG1166 · deiknuōto showσοιG4771 · suyouἃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδεῖG1163 · deibe necessaryγενέσθαιG1096 · ginomaito beμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterταῦτα.G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/it
Cross-references
Revelation 11:12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.Exodus 24:12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.Revelation 1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,Revelation 1:1-3The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:Mark 1:10And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:Exodus 34:2-3And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.Revelation 16:17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.Revelation 22:6And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.Acts 7:56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.Exodus 19:24And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.Luke 3:21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:Acts 10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:Exodus 1:1Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
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