| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, | 1The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, |
| 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. | 2who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
| 3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. | 3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. |
| 4John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, | 4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, |
| 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- | 5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, |
| 6and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father-- to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. | 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. |
| 7BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. | 7"Look, he is coming with the clouds," and "every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of him." So shall it be! Amen. |
| 8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." | 8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." |
| 9I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. | 9I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. |
| 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, | 10On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, |
| 11saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." | 11which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea." |
| 12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; | 12I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, |
| 13and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. | 13and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. |
| 14His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. | 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. |
| 15His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. | 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. |
| 16In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. | 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. |
| 17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, | 17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. |
| 18and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. | 18I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. |
| 19"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things. | 19"Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. |
| 20"As for the mystery of the seven stars which 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. | 20The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
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