Revelation 4:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 4:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Μετὰ
metá
G3326
with
ταῦτα
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἴδον
horáō
G3708
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἰδοὺ
horáō
G3708
to see
θύρα
thýra
G2374
door
ἠνεῳγμένη
anoígō
G455
to open
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανῷ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
φωνὴ
phōnḗ
G5456
voice
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
πρώτη
prōtos
G4413
first
ἣν
hós
G3739
who
ἤκουσα
akoúō
G191
to hear
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
σάλπιγγος
sálpinx
G4536
trumpet
λαλούσης
laléō
G2980
to speak
μετ’
metá
G3326
with
ἐμοῦ
egṓ
G1473
I
λέγων
légō
G3004
to say
ἀνάβα
anabaínō
G305
to ascend
ὧδε
hōde
G5602
here
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
δείξω
deiknýō
G1166
to show
σοι
sý
G4771
you
ἃ
hós
G3739
who
δεῖ
deî
G1163
it is necessary
γενέσθαι
gínomai
G1096
to become
μετὰ
metá
G3326
with
ταῦτα
hoûtos
G3778
this
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."
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King James Version Public Domain
After this 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; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
After these things I looked and behold, a door opened in heaven and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speaking with me saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).