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Revelation 4:2

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Heaven and the new creationGod's holiness

1 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.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

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BSB
At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.
KJV
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
WEB
Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
ASV
Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;
DARBY
Immediately I became in [the] Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,
BLB
Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sitting upon the throne,
ÅB
Straks var jeg bortrykket i ånden, og se, en trone var satt i himmelen, og det satt en på tronen.
OTB
Straks var jeg i Ånden, og se, en trone sto i himmelen, og det satt en på tronen.
B1930
Straks var jeg bortrykket i ånden, og se, en trone var satt i himmelen, og det satt en på tronen.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 1:10

    I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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  • 1 Kings 22:19

    And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

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  • Ezekiel 3:12–14

    Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

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  • Ezekiel 1:26

    And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

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  • Revelation 5:1

    And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

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  • Revelation 4:5

    And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

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  • Revelation 5:13

    And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

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