REV 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

GHT Alongside the-same[neuter plural] I-behold and, behold, [an] entrance/door having-been-opened in to {the heaven}, and the sound, the first, which I-hear as of {[a] trumpet speaking} alongside of {emphatically-me}, saying, "Ascend here and I-will-show to {you} what is-necessitating to-become alongside the-same[neuter plural]."

ULT After these things I looked and behold, a door opened in heaven and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speaking with me saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

UST After these things, I, John, saw something remarkable: a door open in heaven! The one who had spoken to me previously, whose voice had been like a loud trumpet, spoke to me again. He said, “Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later.”

BSB After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

MSB After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

BLB After these things I looked, and behold, a door was standing open in heaven, and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet was speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show to you what it behooves to take place after these things."

AICNT After these things, I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place.”
¶ After these things

OEB After this, in my vision, I saw an open door in the heavens, and the first voice that I heard was like the blast of a trumpet speaking to me. It said – “Come up here and I will show you what must take place.”

WEBBE After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

WMBB After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a shofar speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

NET After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said: “Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things.”

LSV After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in the sky, and the first voice that I heard—as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must come to pass after these things”;

FBV After this I saw a door that had been opened in[fn] heaven. The voice that I'd heard before, the one that sounded like a trumpet, told me, “Come up here, and I will show you what will happen next.”

4:1 Or “into.”

TCNT After this I looked, and behold, a door was standing open in heaven! And the voice I had previously heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show yoʋ what must take place after this.”

T4T After these things I, John, saw in the vision that there was a door open in heaven. The one whose voice was like [SIM] a loud trumpet, the one who had spoken to me previously, said to me, “Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later.”

LEB After these things I looked, and behold, an open door in heaven, and the former voice that I had heard like a trumpet speaking with me was saying, “Come up here and I will show you the things which must take place after these things.”

BBE After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

Moff After this I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard talking with me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must come to pass after this."

Wymth After all this I looked and saw a door in Heaven standing open, and the voice that I had previously heard, which resembled the blast of a trumpet, again spoke to me and said, "Come up here, and I will show you things which are to happen in the future."

ASV After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.

DRA After these things I looked, and behold a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, as it were, of a trumpet speaking with me, said: Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must be done hereafter.

YLT After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard [is] as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, 'Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;'

Drby After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things.

RV After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
(After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither/here, and I will show thee/you the things which must come to pass hereafter.)

SLT After these things I saw, and, behold, a door opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me; saying, Come up here, and I will show thee what things must be after these.

Wbstr After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.

KJB-1769 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
(After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither/here, and I will show thee/you things which must be hereafter.)

KJB-1611 ¶ After this I looked, and beholde, a doore was opened in heauen: and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet, talking with me, which said, Come vp hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps After this, I loked, and beholde a doore was open in heaue: and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which saide: Come vp hyther, and I wyll shewe thee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter.
(After this, I looked, and behold a door was open in heaven: and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said: Come up hither/here, and I will show thee/you things which must be fulfilled hereafter.)

Gnva After this I looked, and beholde, a doore was open in heauen, and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with mee, saying, Come vp hither, and I will shewe thee things which must be done hereafter.
(After this I looked, and behold, a door was open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, saying, Come up hither/here, and I will show thee/you things which must be done hereafter.)

Cvdl After this I loked, and beholde, a dore was open in heaue, and the fyrste voyce which I harde, was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me, which sayde: come vp hydder, and I wil shewe the thinges which must be fulfylled her after.
(After this I looked, and behold, a door was open in heaven, and the first voice which I harde, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said: come up hither/here, and I will show the things which must be fulfilled her after.)

TNT After this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heven and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which said: come vp hydder and I will shewe the thynges which must be fulfyllyd hereafter.
(After this I looked and behold a door was open in heaven and the first voice which I hard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said: come up hither/here and I will show the things which must be fulfyllyd hereafter.)

Wycl Aftir these thingis Y say, and lo! a dore was openyd in heuene. And the firste vois that Y herde, was as of a trumpe spekinge with me, and seide, Stye thou vp hidur, and Y shal schewe to thee whiche thingis it bihoueth to be don soone aftir these thingus.
(After these things I say, and lo! a door was opened in heaven. And the first voice that I heard, was as of a trumpet speaking with me, and said, Stye thou/you up hither/here, and I shall show to thee/you which things it behoves to be done soon after these thingus.)

Luth Danach sah ich, und siehe, eine Tür ward aufgetan im Himmel; und die erste Stimme, die ich gehöret hatte mit mir reden als eine Posaune, die sprach: Steig her; ich will dir zeigen, was nach diesem geschehen soll.
(Thereafter/Then saw(v) I, and see/look, a/one door what/which opened in_the heaven; and the first voice(n), the I belongs/pertains had with to_me talk(v) as a/one trombone, the spoke: steep_track her; I will you/to_you(sg) shown, what/which after this_one happen should.)

ClVg Post hæc vidi: et ecce ostium apertum in cælo, et vox prima, quam audivi tamquam tubæ loquentis mecum, dicens: Ascende huc, et ostendam tibi quæ oportet fieri post hæc.[fn]
(After these_things I_saw: and behold door open in/into/on the_sky, and voice the_first, how I_heard as_if trumpets speaking with_me, saying: Ascende here, and I_will_show to_you which it_is_necessary to_be_done after these_things.)

4.1 Post hæc vidi. In hac secunda visione agit de sedente in throno, et de ornatu ejus, et de agno aperiente librum, id est divinam dispositionem de reparatione humani generis, et de solvente septem sigilla, id est obscuritates, ut cum viderimus Deum tantam intelligentiam Scripturarum impendisse hominibus, grati ei simus, nec pro eo pati formidemus. In cœlo. Id est in Scriptura, quæ est via ad vitam, vel Christus est ostium, cujus mysteria, ante clausa, modo sunt aperta his qui fide et opere sunt cœlum. Tanquam tubæ loquentis mecum. Non dissentientis a rationalitate mea, dando rationes has. Ostendam tibi. Dictis iis quæ jam præterierunt, dicit etiam ea quæ adhuc oportet fieri, utpote in eodem statu quo cœperint, permansura. Vel, post correctionem oportet videre secreta per quæ animentur in prælia. Vel, quæ oportet fieri cito post hæc, id est in ultimis fidelibus. Vel, post hæc fui in spiritu.

4.1 After these_things I_saw. In this_way the_second vision acts from/about sitting in/into/on throne, and from/about ornament his/her, and from/about lamb aperiente book, that it_is divine dispositionm from/about repair human kind, and from/about solvente seven sigilla, that it_is obscuritates, as when/with to_seemmus God so_much intelligence Scriptures impendisse to_humans, grateful to_him we_are, but_not for by_him to_suffer formidemus. In sky. That it_is in/into/on Scripture/Writing, which it_is way/road to life, or Christ/Messiah it_is door, whose mysteries, before closed, just/only are open his who/which with_faith and by_work are sky. Tanquam trumpets speaking with_me. Not/No dissentientis from rationaltate my, giving by_reasons has. Ostendam to_you. Saytis to_them which already besidesierunt, he_says also them which still it_is_necessary to_be_done, utpote in/into/on the_same state where they_began, permansura. Or, after correction it_is_necessary to_see secrets through which animentur in/into/on battles. Or, which it_is_necessary to_be_done quickly after these_things, that it_is in/into/on ultimis to_the_faithful. Or, after these_things I_was in/into/on in_spirit.

UGNT μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ, θύρα ἠνεῳγμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ’ ἐμοῦ λέγων, ἀνάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα.
(meta tauta eidon, kai idou, thura aʸneōigmenaʸ en tōi ouranōi, kai haʸ fōnaʸ haʸ prōtaʸ haʸn aʸkousa hōs salpingos lalousaʸs met’ emou legōn, anaba hōde, kai deixō soi ha dei genesthai meta tauta.)

SBL-GNT Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ θύρα ἠνεῳγμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετʼ ἐμοῦ, λέγων· Ἀνάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι. μετὰ ταῦτα
(Meta tauta eidon, kai idou thura aʸneōigmenaʸ en tōi ouranōi, kai haʸ fōnaʸ haʸ prōtaʸ haʸn aʸkousa hōs salpingos lalousaʸs metʼ emou, legōn; Anaba hōde, kai deixō soi ha dei genesthai. meta tauta)

RP-GNT Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδού, θύρα ἀνεῳγμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ' ἐμοῦ, λέγων, Ἀνάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα.
(Meta tauta eidon, kai idou, thura aneōigmenaʸ en tōi ouranōi, kai haʸ fōnaʸ haʸ prōtaʸ haʸn aʸkousa hōs salpingos lalousaʸs met' emou, legōn, Anaba hōde, kai deixō soi ha dei genesthai meta tauta.)

TC-GNT Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδού, θύρα [fn]ἀνεῳγμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ [fn]λέγων, Ἀνάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα.
(Meta tauta eidon, kai idou, thura aneōigmenaʸ en tōi ouranōi, kai haʸ fōnaʸ haʸ prōtaʸ haʸn aʸkousa hōs salpingos lalousaʸs meta emou legōn, Anaba hōde, kai deixō soi ha dei genesthai meta tauta.)

4:1 ανεωγμενη 83.4% ¦ ηνεωγμενη ꜱʙʟ ᴛʜ ᴛʀ ᴡʜ 14.7%

4:1 λεγων 49.3% ¦ λεγουσα ᴘᴄᴋ ᴛʀ 44.7%

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–11: John saw the throne in heaven

In this section, John told more about the vision that he saw, using language similar to 1:10. In his vision he saw in the sky an opening into heaven. He could see God on his throne and different beings worshiping God.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The vision of the throne in heaven

A vision of God’s throne in heaven (GW)

4:1a

After this I looked and saw

¶ After those things/words ended I looked,
¶ Then as I looked, (NLT)

After this I looked: The Greek word that the BSB translates as this is plural: “these (things).” The word refers to the messages to the churches (chapters 2–3) and probably the first vision (1:10–20) as well. Other ways to translate this phrase here are:

After these things I looked (NASB)

Then as I looked (NLT)

When those messages were finished, I looked around/up

4:1a–b

I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven: The Greek words are literally “I saw, and look, a door in heaven, already opened already/earlier.” The phrase “and look” emphasizes or calls attention to the words that follow. The phrase “a door in heaven, already opened” describes what John saw. Other ways to translate this statement are:

I suddenly/unexpectedly saw something else! It was a door which was open into heaven

as I looked, wow, I saw an opening into heaven

Another vision appeared before/to me. I saw a doorway opened into heaven

I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven (GNT)

I had a vision: a door stood open in heaven (REB)

See how you translated “and behold” in 1:18 or “See” in 3:8.

4:1b

a door standing open in heaven.

and listen/hey, I saw an open door in heaven.
and wow, I saw in the sky an opening/entrance into heaven.

a door standing open in heaven: The open door allowed John to see into heaven and perhaps even to enter it. The voice said “Come up here.” This implies that the door was somewhere up in the sky, not down on the ground. For example:

a door that opened into heaven (CEV)

an entrance in the sky which was open

a door standing open: This phrase refers to an opening shaped like a door in the sky. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

open door (RSV)

entrance

doorway

heaven: Here the Greek word that the BSB translates as heaven refers to the place where God lives.

4:1c

And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying,

And the voice speaking like a trumpet spoke again, saying,
Then the same loud voice that sounded like a trumpet spoke to me again. It said,

the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying: The clause the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet refers to what happened earlier. In some languages it is more natural to use a separate sentence. For example:

I heard the voice like a trumpet that spoke to me previously. This time it said…

Earlier I had heard a trumpet-like voice speaking to me. Now it spoke to me again and said…

the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet: This phrase refers to the voice that John heard in 1:10. See how you translated “a loud voice like a trumpet” there.

the voice…speak to me like a trumpet: This phrase describes what the voice sounded like to John. Other ways to translate the phrase are:

the person whose voice sounded like a trumpet

the person with the trumpet-like voice

4:1d

“Come up here,

“Ascend^(sing) here,
“Come up to me here,

Come up here: This is a command. Jesus gave the command, and John was ready to obey it.

4:1e

and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

and I will show to you the things/events that are required to happen after this time.”
and I will show to you^(sing) what will certainly occur/happen in the future.”

what must happen: The Greek words are literally “the things necessary to happen.” The events in chapters 4–22 will certainly happen, because God requires them to happen. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

the things that will certainly happen

the things which will necessarily occur

has been determined to happen

See how you translated a similar phrase (“what must…come to pass”) in 1:1.

after these things: The Greek word that the BSB translates as these things is literally “these (things).” It refers to the things that John was shown in chapters 1–3. For example:

in the future (NJB)