Parallel Verses
NET Bible
His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.
New American Standard Bible
His head and His
King James Version
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Holman Bible
His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame.
International Standard Version
His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire,
A Conservative Version
And his head and hair were white as wool, white as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire,
American Standard Version
And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Amplified
His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being].
An Understandable Version
And His head and hair [i.e., probably meaning the hairs of His head] were as white as wool, or as snow, and His eyes were like flaming fire.
Anderson New Testament
His head and his hair were white as white wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Bible in Basic English
And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Common New Testament
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire;
Daniel Mace New Testament
his head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; his feet were like fine brass,
Darby Translation
his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
His head, even his hairs, were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Godbey New Testament
And his head and his hairs were as wool, white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;
Goodspeed New Testament
His head and hair were as white as white wool, as white as snow; his eyes blazed like fire;
John Wesley New Testament
His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow,
Julia Smith Translation
And his head and hairs white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
King James 2000
His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Lexham Expanded Bible
and his head and hair [were] white like wool, white as snow, and his eyes [were] like a fiery flame,
Modern King James verseion
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire:
Moffatt New Testament
his head and hair were white as wool, white as snow; his eyes flashed like fire,
Montgomery New Testament
His head and his hair were as white as wool, as white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,
New Heart English Bible
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Noyes New Testament
His head and his hairs were white as white wool, as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Sawyer New Testament
and his head and hairs were white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire,
The Emphasized Bible
And his head and hair, white, like white wool - like snow, and, his eyes, like a flame of fire,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
his head and flowing locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Twentieth Century New Testament
'The hair of his head was as white as wool, as white as snow; his eyes were like flaming fire;
Webster
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Weymouth New Testament
His head and His hair were white, like white wool--as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire.
Williams New Testament
His head and hair were as white as white wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like coals of fire;
World English Bible
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Worrell New Testament
And His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire;
Worsley New Testament
His head and his hairs were white like white wool, as white as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Youngs Literal Translation
and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Themes
Christ Appearance » His personal appearance figuratively described
Christ » For select reading » Appearance, personal of
Christ » Glorified » Described by the revelator
Face » Of Christ » His personal appearance figuratively described
Christ Glorified » Described by the revelator
Jesus Christ » History of » Appears to the apostle john (on patmos island)
Lamps » Illustrative » Of omniscience of Christ
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » Of Christ and the golden lampstands
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 1:14
Prayers for Revelation 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
John's Vision Of The Son Of Man
13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. 14 His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. 15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
Cross References
Daniel 7:9
"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.
Daniel 10:6
His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.
Revelation 19:12
His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.
Revelation 2:18
"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze:
Matthew 28:3
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.