Parallel Verses

Sawyer New Testament

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty.

New American Standard Bible

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

King James Version

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Holman Bible

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”

International Standard Version

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, "the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty."

A Conservative Version

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says Lord, the God who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.

American Standard Version

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Amplified

“I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].”

An Understandable Version

"I am the Alpha and the Omega" [Note: These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and indicate "the beginning and the end" See 21:6], says the Lord God Almighty, who is [in the present], and who was [in the past] and who will come [in the future].

Anderson New Testament

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Bible in Basic English

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

Common New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."

Daniel Mace New Testament

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who will be, the almighty.

Darby Translation

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Godbey New Testament

I am Alpha and Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.

Goodspeed New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega." says the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.

John Wesley New Testament

Yea. Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who cometh, the Almighty.

Julia Smith Translation

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who being, and who was, and who coming, the Omnipotent Ruler.

King James 2000

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, the All-Powerful.

Modern King James verseion

I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending," saith the Lord almighty, which is and which was and which is to come.

Moffatt New Testament

"I am the alpha and the omega," saith the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the almighty.

Montgomery New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

NET Bible

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!

New Heart English Bible

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Noyes New Testament

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

The Emphasized Bible

I, am, the A, and, the Z, saith the Lord, - the, God who Is, and who Was, and who is Coming, The Almighty.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming??he Almighty.

Twentieth Century New Testament

'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who shall be, the Almighty.

Webster

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Weymouth New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and was and evermore will be--the Ruler of all."

Williams New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come, the Almighty.

World English Bible

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Worrell New Testament

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," saith the Lord God, Who is, and Who was, and Who is coming, the Almighty.

Worsley New Testament

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Youngs Literal Translation

I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming -- the Almighty.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

am
εἰμί 
Eimi 
I am , am, it is I , be, I was , have been, not tr
Usage: 72

G1
Α 
Usage: 0

and







and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

Ω 
omega 
Usage: 0

the beginning
ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

the ending
τέλος 
Telos 
Usage: 28

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

which is
ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128

ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

which is to come
ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

Devotionals

Devotionals about Revelation 1:8

Devotionals containing Revelation 1:8

References

Images Revelation 1:8

Prayers for Revelation 1:8

Context Readings

Greetings To The Churches

7 Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes, amen. 8  I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty. 9 I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.


Cross References

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, first and last, the beginning and end.

Revelation 1:4

John, to the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, from the Is and the Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne,

Revelation 1:17

And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last

Revelation 4:8

And the four cherubs had each six wings apiece. And they were full of eyes around and within, and they had no rest day nor night, saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty the Was and the Is and the Is to come.

Revelation 11:17

saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and reign,

Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who was dead and lived,

2 Corinthians 6:18

and will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Revelation 1:11

saying, What you see write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

Revelation 19:15

And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he shall tread the wine-press of the indignant wrath of God Almighty.

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.

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