KJV King James Version
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.
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Revelation 4:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
WEB World English Bible
that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
ASV American Standard Version
and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.
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.
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαθήμενοςG2521 · kathēmaito sitὅμοιοςG3664 · homoioslikeὁράσειG3706 · horasisappearance/visionλίθῳG3037 · lithosstoneἰάσπιδιG2393 · iaspisjasperκαὶG2532 · kaiandσαρδίῳG4556 · sardiongemκαὶG2532 · kaiandἶριςG2463 · irisrainbowκυκλόθενG2943 · kuklothenaroundτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρόνουG2362 · thronosthroneὅμοιοςG3664 · homoioslikeὁράσειG3706 · horasisappearance/visionσμαραγδίνῳ.G4664 · smaragdinosemerald
Cross-references
Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.Genesis 9:13-16I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Ezekiel 1:26And above the firmament that [was] over their heads [was] the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.Revelation 21:19-20And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;Exodus 24:10And 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.Exodus 39:11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.Isaiah 54:9-10For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Exodus 28:18And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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