Revelation 1:16

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

15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

18 the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
KJV
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
WEB
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
ASV
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
DARBY
and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.
BLB
and having in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword is going forth out of His mouth; and His face [is] as the sun shining in its power.
ÅB
Og i sin høyre hånd hadde han syv stjerner, og av hans munn gikk det ut et tveegget skarpt sverd, og hans åsyn var som solen når den skinner i sin kraft.
OTB
I sin høyre hånd holdt han syv stjerner, og ut av hans munn kom et skarpt, tveegget sverd. Hans ansikt var som solen som skinner i sin fulle styrke.
B1930
Og i sin høire hånd hadde han syv stjerner, og av hans munn gikk det ut et tveegget skarpt sverd, og hans åsyn var som solen når den skinner i sin kraft.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 4:12

    For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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  • Revelation 2:12

    To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

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  • Revelation 19:15

    And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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  • Revelation 2:16

    Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

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  • Ephesians 6:17

    And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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  • Isaiah 49:2

    He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

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  • Revelation 19:21

    And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

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  • Matthew 17:2

    There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

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