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23 He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

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23 They made its seven lamps,(A) as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.

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Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”(A)

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Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(A) of the tribe of Judah,(B) the Root of David,(C) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Coming from the throne are flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne burn seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God,(A)

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From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(A) In front of the throne, seven lamps(B) were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a](C) of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(A)

The Message to Ephesus

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand(A) and of the seven golden lampstands(B) is this: The seven stars are the angels[a] of the seven churches,(C) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(D)

To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel[b] of the church in Ephesus(E) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(F) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(G)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:20 Or messengers
  2. Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18

12 Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,(A)

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12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,(A)

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He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.(A)

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He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(B) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(C) on it, with seven channels to the lamps.

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“Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”(A)

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“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.(A)’”

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37 You shall make seven lamps for it, and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.(A)

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37 “Then make its seven lamps(A) and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.

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