Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
WEB
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
YLT
Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.
DBT
I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
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