KJV King James Version
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.
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Revelation 4:5
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
WEB World English Bible
Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
ASV American Standard Version
And out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,
Surrounding context — Revelation 4
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.
7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρόνουG2362 · thronosthroneἐκπορεύονταιG1607 · ekporeuōto departἀστραπαὶG796 · astrapēlightningκαὶG2532 · kaiandφωναὶG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceκαὶG2532 · kaiandβρονταί,G1027 · brontēthunderκαὶG2532 · kaiandἑπτὰG2033 · heptasevenλαμπάδεςG2985 · lampaswindowπυρὸςG4442 · purfireκαιόμεναιG2545 · kaiōto kindle/burnἐνώπιονG1799 · enōpionbeforeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρόνουG2362 · thronosthroneἅG3739 · hos, hēwhichεἰσινG1510 · eimito beτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἑπτὰG2033 · heptasevenπνεύματαG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ,G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;Revelation 16:17-18And 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 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Revelation 3:1And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.Zechariah 4:2And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.Joel 3:16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.Hebrews 12:18-29For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,Psalm 18:13-14The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, [of] pure gold.Psalm 68:35O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.2 Chronicles 4:20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;Ezekiel 1:13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, [and] like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.Zechariah 4:11-14Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?Acts 2:3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
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