REV 1:14 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Now his head and hair were white as wool—white as snow—and his eyes were like a flame of fire,

UST The hair on his head was gleaming like white wool or like white snow. His eyes were bright like a fiery flame.

BSB The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

BLB Now His head and His hairs are white like wool, white as snow; and His eyes are like a flame of fire;

AICNT His head and his hair were white like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire;

OEB The hair of his head was as white as wool, as white as snow; his eyes were like flaming fire;

WEBBE His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.

LSV and His head and hairs [were] white, as if white wool—as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire;

FBV His hair looked like white wool, and his eyes like flaming fire.

TCNT His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,

T4T The hair on his head was white like white wool or like snow. His eyes were shining brightly [SIM], like a flame of fire.

LEB and his head and hair were white like wool, white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame,

BBE And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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Wymth His head and His hair were white, like white wool—as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire.

ASV And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

DRA And his head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,

YLT and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

Drby his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;

RV And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

Wbstr His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

KJB-1769 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

KJB-1611 His head, and his haires were white like wooll as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,

Bshps His head, and his heeres were whyte as whyte wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flambe of fyre.
(His head, and his hears were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flambe of fyre.)

Gnva His head, and heares were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,
(His head, and hears were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, )

Cvdl His heed, and his heares were whyte, as whyte woll, & as snowe: and his eyes were as a flamme of fyre:
(His heed, and his hears were whyte, as white woll, and as snowe: and his eyes were as a flamme of fire:)

TNT His heed and his heares were whyte as whyte woll and as snowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fyre:
(His heed and his hears were white as white woll and as snowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fire: )

Wyc And the heed of hym and his heeris weren whijt, as whijt wolle, and as snow; and the iyen of hym as flawme of fier,
(And the head of him and his hairs were whijt, as white wolle, and as snow; and the iyen of him as flawme of fire,)

Luth Sein Haupt aber und sein Haar war weiß wie weiße Wolle, wie der Schnee, und seine Augen wie eine Feuerflamme
(Sein head but and his Haar what/which know like white Wolle, like the/of_the Schnee, and his Augen like one fireflamme)

ClVg caput autem ejus, et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, et tamquam nix, et oculi ejus tamquam flamma ignis:[fn]
(caput however his, and capilli they_were candidi tamquam lana alba, and tamquam nix, and oculi his tamquam flamma ignis: )

1.14 Capilli erant candidi. Id est sancti extenuati, et adhærentes ipsi capiti. Vel cogitationes ejus. Tanquam lana. Sicut lana alba apta est ad quoscunque colores accipiendos, sic sancti ad tribulationes sufferendas. Nix. Nix candor est immortalitatis, quia candidior omni creatura. Oculi. Id est dona Spiritus sancti: hæc sunt Christi velut habentis et dantis, sicut Ecclesiæ accipientis; hæc illuminant et faciunt ardere. Vel oculi sunt ipsi spirituales in Ecclesia, vel divina præcepta.

1.14 Capilli they_were candidi. That it_is sancti extenuati, and adhærentes ipsi capiti. Vel cogitationes his. Tanquam lana. Sicut lana alba apta it_is to quoscunque colores accipiendos, so sancti to tribulationes sufferendas. Nix. Nix candor it_is immortalitatis, because candidior all creatura. Oculi. That it_is dona Spiritus sancti: these_things are of_Christ velut habentis and dantis, like Ecclesiæ accipientis; these_things illuminant and faciunt ardere. Vel oculi are ipsi spirituales in Ecclesia, or divina præcepta.

UGNT ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ, ὡς ἔριον λευκόν ὡς χιών, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός,
(haʸ de kefalaʸ autou kai hai triⱪes leukai, hōs erion leukon hōs ⱪiōn, kai hoi ofthalmoi autou hōs flox puros,)

SBL-GNT ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός,
(haʸ de kefalaʸ autou kai hai triⱪes leukai hōs erion leukon, hōs ⱪiōn, kai hoi ofthalmoi autou hōs flox puros,)

TC-GNT Ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ [fn]ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών· καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός·
(Haʸ de kefalaʸ autou kai hai triⱪes leukai hōs erion leukon, hōs ⱪiōn; kai hoi ofthalmoi autou hōs flox puros; )

1:14 ως 𝔐^Kpt ¦ ωσει 𝔐^A,C BYZ ECM^† PCK TR ¦ και ως 𝔐^Kpt HF

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Symbolic Numbers

Numbers used in Scripture have often inspired wild speculation. An understanding of the symbolism of numbers in the ancient world can help ground our interpretation. Such symbolism, however, is not rigid or exact, so great care must be exercised when numbers are used in interpretation, so as not to push fanciful predictions about future events.

The number one can refer to God’s oneness (Deut 6:4; Gal 3:20; Jas 2:19). Two is the minimum number required to give a legitimate witness (Deut 17:6; Rev 11:3), and three can imply divine representation (Gen 18:1-2; 2 Cor 13:14; Rev 1:4-5). Four can stand for the known world, represented in Revelation by living creatures, horsemen, winds, and angels (Rev 4:6-8; 6:1-8; 7:1) and in Genesis by four rivers (Gen 2:10-14). When three and four are added to make seven, they represent perfection or divine fulfillment, indicating that God and the world are in harmony. The multiplication of three by four yields twelve, the number associated with God’s people (Gen 35:22-26; Exod 24:4; 28:21; Num 17:2; Josh 4:3-8; 1 Kgs 18:31; Matt 10:1-4; 19:28; Jas 1:1; Rev 12:1; 21:12–22:2. The number five and its multiples, such as ten, represent human completeness (e.g., five fingers per hand); and six carries a negative sense or implication of evil, being neither humanly complete (five) nor divinely complete (seven).

Multiples of ten (e.g., forty) are a symbolic way to indicate many, whereas three sixes (666) imply supreme evil (Rev 13:18). One thousand is regarded as the foundational large number; 12,000 indicates a large number of God’s people (Rev 7:5-8); and 144,000 represents the complete people of God (Rev 7:4; 14:1). The number 10,000 and its multiples are probably best transliterated from Greek as myriads, since they really mean “a huge number” rather than a precise count.

While some of the numbers in the Bible have symbolic meanings, using numbers to speculate on the time of Christ’s return or of the end of the world is highly dubious—only God possesses that knowledge (Mark 13:32). God did not intend for the symbolic numbers in Revelation to help us predict the future; rather, their symbolic meanings help to explain the significance of the visions. Because the numbers are symbolic, sometimes when we translate them into contemporary sizes, distances, and numbers for our ease of reading, it can result in the loss of theological significance. The use of these symbolic numbers can illuminate a vision’s relationship to the world or to the people of God.

Passages for Further Study

Gen 2:2-3; 4:15; 15:13; 41:53-54; Exod 20:6; 25:31-37; 32:15; Lev 16:14; 23:16; 2 Sam 24:13; 1 Kgs 4:26; 17:21; 18:31, 43-44; Job 1:2; Ps 90:4; Jer 15:3; 49:36; Ezek 14:21; Dan 4:16, 23-25; 7:3, 17, 24; Zech 4:2; 6:1; Matt 10:1-5; 12:40; 18:21-22; Mark 6:7; Luke 15:8; Acts 6:3; 10:16; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:4-6; 2 Pet 3:8; Rev 1:16; 2:10; 4:4; 6:1; 7:1, 4-8; 12:1, 3; 13:1; 17:3-14; 20:2-7; 21:12-21

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἡ & κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες

the & head ˱of˲_him and his hairs_‹were›

John is not saying that both the head (that is, the skin of the head) and the hair of this person were while. Rather, this phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word head tells where this hair was. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: “his hair”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

λευκαὶ, ὡς ἔριον λευκόν ὡς χιών

white as_though wool white as snow

If your readers would not be familiar with snow or wool, in your translation you could use the names of things they would be familiar with, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “were white as cotton, white as egret feathers” or “were brilliantly white”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

λευκαὶ, ὡς ἔριον λευκόν ὡς χιών

white as_though wool white as snow

The phrases white as wool and white as snow indicate the same thing. John is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “as white as the whitest things on earth”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός

the eyes ˱of˲_him like /a/_flame ˱of˲_fire

The point of this comparison is that the eyes of this person were very bright, like a flame. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “his eyes were as bright as a flame of fire”

Note 5 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 can shorten it. Alternate translation: “a flame”

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