Revelation 1:12-16
Common English Bible
12 I turned to see who was speaking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven oil lamps burning on top of seven gold stands. 13 In the middle of the lampstands I saw someone who looked like the Human One.[a] He wore a robe that stretched down to his feet, and he had a gold sash around his chest. 14 His head and hair were white as white wool—like snow—and his eyes were like a fiery flame. 15 His feet were like fine brass that has been purified in a furnace, and his voice sounded like rushing water. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining with all its power.
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- Revelation 1:13 Or Son of Man
Revelation 1:12-16
Contemporary English Version
12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13 (A) There with the lampstands was someone who seemed to be the Son of Man.[a] He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet, and a gold cloth was wrapped around his chest. 14 (B)(C) His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. 15 (D) His feet were glowing like bronze being heated in a furnace, and his voice sounded like the roar of a waterfall. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword was coming from his mouth. His face was shining as bright as the sun at noon.
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- 1.13 Son of Man: That is, Jesus.
Revelation 1:12-20
The Message
9-17 I, John, with you all the way in the trial and the Kingdom and the passion of patience in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s Word, the witness of Jesus. It was Sunday and I was in the Spirit, praying. I heard a loud voice behind me, trumpet-clear and piercing: “Write what you see into a book. Send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.” I turned and saw the voice.
I saw a gold menorah
with seven branches,
And in the center, the Son of Man,
in a robe and gold breastplate,
hair a blizzard of white,
Eyes pouring fire-blaze,
both feet furnace-fired bronze,
His voice a roar,
right hand holding the Seven Stars,
His mouth a sharp-biting sword,
his face a blinding sun.
I saw this and fainted dead at his feet. His right hand pulled me upright, his voice reassured me:
17-20 “Don’t fear: I am First, I am Last, I’m Alive. I died, but I came to life, and my life is now forever. See these keys in my hand? They open and lock Death’s doors, they open and lock Hell’s gates. Now write down everything you see: things that are, things about to be. The Seven Stars you saw in my right hand and the seven-branched gold menorah—do you want to know what’s behind them? The Seven Stars are the Angels of the seven churches; the menorah’s seven branches are the seven churches.”
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Revelation 1:12-16
Easy-to-Read Version
12 I turned to see who was talking to me. When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 13 I saw someone among the lampstands who looked like the Son of Man. He was dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash tied around his chest. 14 His head and hair were white like wool—wool that is white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire. 15 His feet were like brass that glows hot in a furnace. His voice was like the noise of flooding water. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time.
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Revelation 1:12-16
New King James Version
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned (A)I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 (B)and in the midst of the seven lampstands (C)One like the Son of Man, (D)clothed with a garment down to the feet and (E)girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and (F)hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and (G)His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 (H)His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and (I)His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 (J)He had in His right hand seven stars, (K)out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, (L)and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
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