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OET (OET-LV) And the eyes of_him are a_flame of_fire, and on the head of_him crowns many, having name having_been_written, which no_one has_known, except not/lest he,
OET (OET-RV) His eyes shone like a flame of fire, and he had many crowns on his head, with a name written (on him? See v16) that no one knows except himself,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ φλὸξ πυρός
the and eyes ˱of˲_him_‹are› /a/_flame ˱of˲_fire
John is speaking as if the eyes of the one riding on the white horse were actually a flame of fire. This is something that could be taken literally within the world of the vision, but it is more likely that John means this as a comparison, as in 1:14 and 2:18. In that case, the point of the comparison would be that Jesus has eyes that are so bright and lively that they resemble a burning flame. See how you translated this earlier in the book. Alternate translation: “whose eyes also glow like a flame of fire”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
φλὸξ πυρός
/a/_flame ˱of˲_fire
It might seem that the expression a flame of fire contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: “flames”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
γεγραμμένον
/having_been/_written
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “in writing”
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
ὃ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, εἰ μὴ αὐτός
which no_one /has/_known except ¬not/lest he
If it would appear in your language that John was contradicting himself by saying that no one knows this name and then saying that someone does know this name, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: “that only he knows”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ὃ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, εἰ μὴ αὐτός
which no_one /has/_known except ¬not/lest he
It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. This could mean: (1) that no one except Jesus knows the meaning of the name. Alternate translation: “Only he knows the meaning of that name” (2) that no one except Jesus knows what the name is. Alternate translation: “Only he knows what that name is”
19:12 His eyes were like flames of fire: See 1:14-16; Dan 10:6.
• Christ, wearing many crowns, is contrasted with the dragon, whose seven heads were each crowned (see Rev 12:3).
OET (OET-LV) And the eyes of_him are a_flame of_fire, and on the head of_him crowns many, having name having_been_written, which no_one has_known, except not/lest he,
OET (OET-RV) His eyes shone like a flame of fire, and he had many crowns on his head, with a name written (on him? See v16) that no one knows except himself,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.