Revelation 7:9-17

New International Version

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,^(A) standing before the throne^(B) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes^(C) and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,^(D)
who sits on the throne,^(E)
and to the Lamb.”

¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders^(F) and the four living creatures.^(G) They fell down on their faces^(H) before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”^(I)

¹³Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes^(J)—who are they, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^(K) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^(L) ¹⁵Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God^(M)
    and serve him^(N) day and night in his temple;^(O)
and he who sits on the throne^(P)
    will shelter them with his presence.^(Q)
¹⁶‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.^(R)
The sun will not beat down on them,’^[a]
    nor any scorching heat.^(S)
¹⁷For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;^(T)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[b]^(U)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[c]”^(V)

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Footnotes

Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

Revelation 7:9-17

International Standard Version

The Vision of Tribulation Saints

⁹After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰They cried out in a loud voice,

“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the lamb!”

¹¹All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God, ¹²saying,

“Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength
be to our God forever and ever! Amen!”

¹³“Who are these people wearing white robes,” one of the elders asked me, “and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I told him, “Sir, you know.”

Then he told me, “These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering.^[a] They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. ¹⁵That is why:

“They are in front of the throne of God
    and worship^[b] him night and day in his Temple.
The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.
¹⁶They will never be hungry or thirsty again.
    Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them,
¹⁷because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd.
    He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life,
        and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”^[c]