| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, "Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. | 1I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. |
| 2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. | 2But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. |
| 3And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. | 3And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." |
| 4(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) | 4They are "the two olive trees" and the two lampstands, and "they stand before the Lord of the earth." |
| 5If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. | 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. |
| 6These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. | 6They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. |
| 7When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them. | 7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. |
| 8Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. | 8Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city--which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt--where also their Lord was crucified. |
| 9For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. | 9For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. |
| 10And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. | 10The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. |
| 11But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them. | 11But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. |
| 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them. | 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. |
| 13Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. | 13At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. |
| 14The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly. | 14The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon. |
| 15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." | 15The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever." |
| 16Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God | 16And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, |
| 17with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. | 17saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. |
| 18The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth." | 18The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth." |
| 19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. | 19Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. |
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