Revelation 7:3-17 ▼

3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants {doulous} of our God {Theou}.

4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel (He wrestles with God):

5 From the tribe of Judah (praise) 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben (behold a son) 12,000, from the tribe of Gad (fortune) 12,000,

6 from the tribe of Asher (happy) 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali (my struggle) 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) 12,000,

7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi (attached to) 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar (there is reward) 12,000,

8 from the tribe of Zebulun (exalted house) 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph (he will add) 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand) 12,000.

9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation {ethnous} and tribe and people and tongue (language), standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God {Theō}, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!

11 And all the angels (messengers) stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God {Theō},

12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory {doxa} and wisdom and thanks and honor and power {dynamis} and strength be to our God {Theō} forever \to the ages/ and ever! Amen.

13 Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes, he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?

14 “Sir, I answered, “you know. So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God {Theou} and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat .’

17 For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd . ‘He will lead them to springs of living water ,’ and ‘God {Theos} will wipe away every tear from their eyes .’