Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it;

New American Standard Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was set there in heaven. One was seated on the throne,

International Standard Version

Instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven with a person seated on the throne.

A Conservative Version

And straightaway I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in heaven, and him sitting upon the throne

American Standard Version

Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;

Amplified

At once I was in [special communication with] the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne.

An Understandable Version

Immediately, I was in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit [See 1:10], and there before me was situated a throne in heaven, with Someone sitting on it [Note: From the following description, this appears to have been God].

Anderson New Testament

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

Common New Testament

At once I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, with one sitting on the throne.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Immediately I was in an extasy: and I saw a throne placed in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.

Darby Translation

Immediately I became in the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

And immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting upon it;

Godbey New Testament

Immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in the heaven, and on the throne one sitting,

Goodspeed New Testament

Immediately after this I found myself in a trance, and there stood a throne in heaven with a being seated on it.

John Wesley New Testament

And immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.

Julia Smith Translation

And instantly I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one was seated on the throne.

Modern King James verseion

And immediately I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat upon the throne.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a seat was put in heaven, and one sat on the seat.

Moffatt New Testament

At once I found myself rapt in the Spirit; and lo a Throne stood in heaven with One seated on the throne ??3 the seated One resembled in appearance jasper and sardius ??and round the throne a rainbow resembling emerald in appearance;

Montgomery New Testament

Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, there stood a throne in heaven, and upon the throne One sat;

NET Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it!

New Heart English Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.

Noyes New Testament

Immediately I was in the Spirit; and lo! a throne was set ha heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

straightway, I came to be in Spirit, and lo! a throne, stood in heaven, and, upon the throne, was one sitting;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And immediately I was [rapt] in spirit: and, lo! a throne was placed in heaven, and upon the throne a person sitting.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Immediately after this I fell into a trance. There stood a throne in Heaven, and on the throne was One seated.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Immediately I found myself in the Spirit, and saw a throne in Heaven, and some One sitting on the throne.

Williams New Testament

Immediately I was under the Spirit's power, and I saw a throne in heaven with One seated on it.

World English Bible

Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

Worrell New Testament

Straightway I was in the Spirit, and, behold, there was a throne set in Heaven, and One sitting upon the throne;

Worsley New Testament

And immmediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.

Youngs Literal Translation

and immediately I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne was set in the heaven, and upon the throne is one sitting,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

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

εὐθέως 
Eutheos 
Usage: 61

I was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

in
ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

the spirit
πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334

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

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

a throne
θρόνος 
Thronos 
Usage: 52

κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie, be laid, be set, be appointed, be, be made, laid up, there
Usage: 23

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156

κάθημαι 
Kathemai 
sit, sit down, sit by, be set down, dwell
Usage: 78

on
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Heavenly Throne

1 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. 2 Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it; 3 And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald.


Cross References

Isaiah 6:1

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.

Daniel 7:9

I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

Revelation 1:10

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears,

Ezekiel 1:26

And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

Revelation 4:9

And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,

1 Kings 22:19

And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

Jeremiah 17:12

A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.

Ezekiel 1:28

Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

Ezekiel 3:12-14

Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

Hebrews 8:1

Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

Revelation 3:21

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

Revelation 4:5

And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God;

Revelation 5:1

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

Revelation 5:6-7

And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 5:13

And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

Revelation 6:16

And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Revelation 7:9-17

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

Revelation 12:5

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.

Revelation 17:3

And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns,

Revelation 19:4

And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

Revelation 21:5

And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

Revelation 21:10

And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 22:1-3

And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

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