Revelation · Geneva Bible (1599)
Revelation 19 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And after these things I heard a great voyce of a great multitude in heauen, saying, Hallelu-iah, saluation, and glorie, and honour, and power be to the Lord our God.
1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;
2 For true and righteous are his iudgements: for he hath condemned that great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruants shed by her hand.
2 for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
3 And againe they saide, Hallelu-iah: and that her smoke rose vp for euermore.
3 A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”
4 And the foure and twentie Elders, and the foure beastes fell downe, and worshipped God that sate on the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelu-iah.
4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
5 Then a voyce came out of the throne, saying, Prayse our God, all ye his seruants, and ye that feare him, both small and great.
5 A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
6 And I heard like a voyce of a great multitude, and as the voyce of many waters, and as the voyce of strong thundrings, saying, Hallelu-iah: for the Lord that God that almightie God hath reigned.
6 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
7 Let vs be glad and reioyce, and giue glory to him: for the marriage of that Lambe is come, and his wife hath made her selfe ready.
7 Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
8 And to her was granted, that she should be arayed with pure fine linnen and shining, for the fine linnen is the righteousnesse of Saintes.
8 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said vnto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper. And he said vnto me, These wordes of God are true.
9 He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
10 And I fell before his feete, to worship him: but he said vnto me, See thou doe it not: I am thy fellowe seruant, and one of thy brethren, which haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: for the testimonie of Iesus is the Spirit of prophecie.
10 I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
11 And I sawe heauen open, and behold, a white horse, and he that sate vpon him, was called, Faithfull and true, and he iudgeth and fighteth righteously.
11 I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
12 And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes: and he had a name written, that no man knewe but himselfe.
12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a garment dipt in blood, and his name is called THE WORD OF GOD.
13 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
14 And the hostes which werein heauen, followed him vpon white horses, clothed with fine linnen white and pure.
14 The armies which are in heaven, clothed in white, pure, fine linen, followed him on white horses.
15 And out of his mouth went out a sharpe sworde, that with it he should smite the heathen: for he shall rule them with a rod of yron: for he it is that treadeth the wine presse of the fiercenesse and wrath of almightie God.
15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
16 And he hath vpon his garment, and vpon his thigh a name written, THE KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
17 And I sawe an Angel stand in the sunne, who cryed with a loude voyce, saying to all the foules that did flie by the middes of heauen, Come, and gather your selues together vnto the supper of ye great God,
17 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,
18 That ye may eate the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of hie Captaines, and the flesh of mightie men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all freemen, and bondmen, and of small and great.
18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, small and great.”
19 And I sawe the beast, and the Kings of the earth, and their hostes gathered together to make battell against him that sate on the horse, and against his armie.
19 I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army.
20 But ye beast was taken, and with him that false prophet that wrought miracles before him, whereby he deceiued them that receiued ye beastes marke, and them that worshipped his image. These both were aliue cast into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone.
20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
21 And the remnant were slayne with the sword of him that sitteth vpon the horse, which commeth out of his mouth, and all the foules were filled full with their flesh.
21 The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. So all the birds were filled with their flesh.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 7:10–12; Revelation 11:15; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Matthew 6:13; Revelation 5:9–13
- 2 Deuteronomy 32:43; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 16:5–7; Deuteronomy 32:35
- 3 Isaiah 34:10; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 18:9; Jude 7; Revelation 14:11
- 4 Revelation 5:14; Nehemiah 8:6; Psalm 106:48; Psalm 89:52; Psalm 72:19
- 5 Psalm 134:1; Psalm 148:11–13; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 135:1; Revelation 7:15
- 6 Psalm 97:1; Revelation 14:2; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 29:3–9; Ezekiel 1:24
- 7 Revelation 21:9; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 19:9; Matthew 22:2; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 8 Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 7:13–14; Ephesians 5:26–27; Psalm 132:9; Mark 9:3
- 9 Luke 14:15–16; Revelation 22:6; Matthew 22:2–4; Revelation 3:20; Revelation 1:19
- 10 Revelation 22:8–9; Acts 10:25–26; John 5:39; Hebrews 1:14; Exodus 34:14
- 11 Psalm 96:13; Isaiah 11:3–5; Psalm 98:9; Psalm 50:6; Revelation 6:2
- 12 Revelation 19:16; Luke 10:22; Matthew 11:27; Revelation 2:17–18; Revelation 1:14
- 13 John 1:1; Isaiah 63:1–6; John 1:14; Psalm 58:10; Revelation 14:20
- 14 Jude 14; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:8; Revelation 19:11
- 15 Isaiah 63:2–6; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Psalm 2:9
- 16 Revelation 17:14; 1 Timothy 6:15; Daniel 2:47; Philippians 2:9–11; Revelation 19:12–13
- 17 Revelation 19:21; Revelation 8:13; Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 39:17–20; Isaiah 34:1–8
- 18 Ezekiel 39:18–20; Revelation 6:15; 1 Samuel 17:46; Deuteronomy 28:26; Jeremiah 16:4
- 19 Revelation 16:16; Revelation 16:14; Daniel 8:25; Revelation 18:9; Daniel 11:40–45
- 20 Revelation 20:10; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:14–15; Daniel 7:7–14; 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11
- 21 Revelation 19:11–15; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:17–19; Revelation 17:16
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And He hath upon His vesture and upon His thigh a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords." Thus does the Word of God always preserve the outlines, as it were, of things to come, and points out to men the various forms (species), as it were, of the dispensations of the Father, teaching us the things pertaining …
… wonderful vision had been shown him, he trembled, and fell down at the Angel's feet; but that Angel, who sought not but the glory of God, said, "See thou do it not; for I am a fellow-servant of thee, and of thy brethren the prophets." What then, my brethren?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
And further, if the Creator and Lord of all things is called also King of Kings and Lord of Lords and God of Gods, surely also the saints are gods and lords and kings.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… person the apostasy, and accomplishes whatever he shall do according to his own will and choice, sitting also in the temple of God, so that his dupes may adore him as the Christ; wherefore also shall he deservedly "be cast into the lake of fire:" [this will happen according to divine appointment], God by His prescience foreseeing all this, and …