Revelation 4
- 1After this I looked, and a door was opened in heaven. The first voice I heard was like a trumpet talking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be after this.
- 2And immediately I was in the spirit. A throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
- 3And he who sat was, to look at, like a jasper and a sardius stone. There was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
- 4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
- 5Out of the throne came lightnings and thunder and voices. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
- 6Before the throne there was a sea of glass like crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
- 7The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
- 8The four living creatures each had six wings around them, and they were full of eyes within. They do not rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
- 9And when those living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
- 10The twenty-four elders fall down before him who sat on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
- 11You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and by your will they are and were created.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Revelation 4 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAfter 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.
GIGAKJVAfter this I looked, and a door was opened in heaven. The first voice I heard was like a trumpet talking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be after this.
KJVAnd immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
GIGAKJVAnd immediately I was in the spirit. A throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he who sat was, to look at, like a jasper and a sardius stone. There was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAround the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVOut of the throne came lightnings and thunder and voices. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVBefore the throne there was a sea of glass like crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVThe first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVThe four living creatures each had six wings around them, and they were full of eyes within. They do not rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
KJVAnd when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
GIGAKJVAnd when those living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
KJVThe four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
GIGAKJVThe twenty-four elders fall down before him who sat on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
KJVThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
GIGAKJVYou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and by your will they are and were created.
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