Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And immediately I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat upon the throne.
New American Standard Bible
Immediately I was
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,
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;
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;
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 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,
Themes
Government » Of God » God's throne a symbol of
Sovereignty of God » God's throne a symbol of
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of Christ
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » A rainbow and the throne
Topics
Interlinear
Ginomai
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Pneuma
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Keimai
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Heavenly Throne
1 After these things 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, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what must occur after these things. 2 And immediately I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat upon the throne. 3 And He who sat there looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. And a rainbow was around the throne, looking like an emerald.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.
Daniel 7:9
I watched until the thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days sat, whose robe was white as snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool. His throne was like flames of fire, and His wheels like burning fire.
Revelation 1:10
I came to be in the Spirit in the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Ezekiel 1:26
And from above the expanse that was over their heads was a likeness like a sapphire stone, the likeness of a throne. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness looking like a man on it from above.
Revelation 4:9
And whenever the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to Him who sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
1 Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear therefore the Word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Ezekiel 1:28
As the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain looks, so the brightness all around looked. This was how the likeness of the glory of Jehovah looked. And I saw. And I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
Ezekiel 3:12-14
And the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a sound of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from His place.
Ezekiel 10:1
And I looked, and behold! In the expanse over the head of the cherubs was seen the appearance of the form of a throne, like a sapphire stone, above them.
Hebrews 8:1
Now the sum of the things which we have spoken is this: We have such a High Priest, who has sat down on the right of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,
Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Revelation 4:5
And out of the throne came lightnings and thunderings and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
Revelation 5:1
And I saw a book on the right of Him sitting on the throne, written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 5:6-7
And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature which is in the Heaven and on the earth, and under the earth, and those that are in the sea, and all who are in them, saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever.
Revelation 6:16
And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
Revelation 7:9-17
After these things I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands.
Revelation 12:5
And she bore a son, a male, who is going to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
Revelation 17:3
And he carried me away into a desert by the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 19:4
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God sitting on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah!
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and Him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a place was not found for them.
Revelation 21:5
And He sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God,
Revelation 22:1-3
And he showed me a pure river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.