Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
the living one. I was dead but look! I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades.
A Conservative Version
and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.
American Standard Version
and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am [now] alive forever and ever! And I possess the keys of death and of the unseen place of departed spirits.
Anderson New Testament
and I am he that lives; and I was dead, and be hold, I am alive from age to age: and I have the keys of hades and of death.
Bible in Basic English
And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
Common New Testament
and the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore! And I have the keys of death and Hades.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I am he that liveth; I was dead; but now you see I am alive for all eternity, amen; and I have the keys of the grave, and of death."
Darby Translation
and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
I am he who lives and was dead; and behold, I am living for ever and ever; and I have the keys of the unseen world, and of death.
Godbey New Testament
the living one, and I was dead; and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Goodspeed New Testament
the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.
John Wesley New Testament
And he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of death and of Hades.
Julia Smith Translation
And he living, and I was dead; and, behold, I am living for the times of times, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death.
King James 2000
I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and the one who lives, and I was dead, and behold, I am living {forever and ever}, and I hold the keys of death and of Hades.
Modern King James verseion
and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.
Moffatt New Testament
I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.
Montgomery New Testament
I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.
NET Bible
and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
New Heart English Bible
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of hell.
Noyes New Testament
and he that liveth; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore; and I have the keys of death and the underworld.
Sawyer New Testament
and the living, and I was dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of hades.
The Emphasized Bible
and the Living One, - and I became dead; - and lo! living, am I, unto the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and I am the living one, though I was dead and lo! I am alive for evermore, Amen; and I hold the keys of hell and of death.
Twentieth Century New Testament
the Everliving. I died, and I am alive for ever and ever. And I hold the keys of the Grave and of the Place of the Dead.
Webster
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Weymouth New Testament
I died; but I am now alive until the Ages of the Ages, and I have the keys of the gates of Death and of Hades!
Williams New Testament
yea, the ever-living One. I once was dead, but now I live forever and ever. I carry the keys of death and the underworld.
World English Bible
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
Worrell New Testament
and the Living One; and I was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore; and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Worsley New Testament
I am the first and the last, who live, though I was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen, and have the keys of hades and of death.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
Themes
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Christ » Conqueror of death » Carries the keys of the grave in his girdle
Conqueror over death » Carries the keys of the grave in his girdle
death » Christ conqueror of » Carries the keys of the grave in his girdle
death » Jesus Christ having the keys of death
natural Death » Conquered by Christ
Fear » Not » Life beyond the grave
Fear nots » Life beyond the grave
Hades » The unseen world, translated "hell" in av, but in the r. V. The word "hades" is retained
Hell » Jesus Christ having the keys of hell
Jesus Christ » History of » Appears to the apostle john (on patmos island)
Life » Lessons of » Out of death
Seven » Fear nots » Life beyond the grave
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » Of Christ and the golden lampstands
Topics
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Revelation 1:18
Devotionals containing Revelation 1:18
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 1:18
Images Revelation 1:18
Prayers for Revelation 1:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
John's Vision Of The Son Of Man
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet, even as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not. I am the first and the last, 18 and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write therefore the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be fulfilled hereafter;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Romans 6:9
remembering that Christ, once raised from death, dieth no more. Death hath no more power over him.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also ever to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for us.
Revelation 4:9
And when those beasts gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the seat, which liveth forever and ever,
Revelation 9:1
And the fifth angel blew, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Matthew 16:19
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou bindest upon earth, it shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou loosest on earth, it shall be loosed in heaven."
Hebrews 1:3
Which son, being the brightness of his glory, and very image of his substance, bearing up all things with the word of his power, hath in his own person purged our sins, and is sitten on the righthand of the majesty on high,
Hebrews 12:2
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God.
Revelation 3:7
"And write unto the tidings-bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia, 'This saith he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David; which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.
Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is that second death.
Job 19:25
"For I am sure that my redeemer liveth, and that I shall rise out of the earth in the latter day:
Psalm 18:46
The LORD liveth: and blessed be my strong helper, and praised be the God of my salvation, {TYNDALE: The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.}
Psalm 68:20
He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation; God is the LORD, by whom we escape death.
Isaiah 22:22
I will also lay the key of David's house upon his shoulders, and if he open, no man shall shut: and if he do shut, no man shall open.
John 14:19
It is yet a little while and the world seeth me no more: but ye shall see me. For I live, and ye shall live.
Romans 14:8-9
If we live, we live to be at the Lord's will. And if we die, we die at the Lord's will.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, if one be dead for all, that then are all dead:
2 Corinthians 13:4
And verily, though it came of weakness that he was crucified, yet liveth he through the power of God: and we no doubt are weak in him; but we shall live with him, by the might of God among you.
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God, which loved me, and gave himself for me.
Colossians 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Hebrews 7:16
which is not made after the law of the carnal commandment: but after the power of the endless life.
Revelation 5:14
And the four beasts said, "Amen." And the twenty four elders fell upon their faces, and worshipped him that liveth for evermore.
Revelation 20:1-2
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.