Revelation 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 4:3 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
καθήμενος
káthēmai
G2521
to sit down
ὅμοιος
hómoios
G3664
like
ὁράσει
hórasis
G3706
sight
λίθῳ
líthos
G3037
stone
ἰάσπιδι
íaspis
G2393
jasper
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
σαρδίῳ
sárdios
G4556
sardius
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἶρις
îris
G2463
rainbow
κυκλόθεν
kyklóthen
G2943
all around
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
θρόνου
thrónos
G2362
throne
ὅμοιος
hómoios
G3664
like
ὁράσει
hórasis
G3706
sight
σμαραγδίνῳ
smarágdinos
G4664
emerald
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the one sitting like in appearance to a jasper stone and to a carnelian, and a rainbow around the throne, like in appearance to an emerald.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).