His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.
He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
and his eyes are as a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems--having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both