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Revelation 10:1

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

KJV

Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, περιβεβλημένον νεφέλην, καὶ ἡ ἶρις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς στῦλοι πυρός,

Greek NT

Et vidi alium angelum fortem descendentem de cælo amictum nube, et iris in capite ejus, et facies ejus erat ut sol, et pedes ejus tamquam columnæ ignis :

Vulgate

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

ASV

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head: and his face, as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
νεφέλη
nephele
noun · 25×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
περιβάλλω
periballo
verb · 23×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
στῦλος
stulos
noun · 4×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἥλιος
elios
noun · 32×
ἰσχυρός
ischuros
adjective · 28×
ἶρις
iris
noun · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἄλλον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄλλον
  • ἄλλονSBLGNT
  • ἄλλονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὴν κεφαλὴν | WH/Treg: τὴν κεφαλὴν | NIV/RP: τῆς κεφαλῆς
  • τὴν κεφαλὴνSBLGNT
  • τὴν κεφαλὴνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • τῆς κεφαλῆςReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
  • Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
  • Exod 34:29 — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while
  • Ezek 1:13 — As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright,
  • Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
  • Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
  • Gen 9:13 — I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
  • Matt 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
  • Matt 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
  • Matt 28:3 — His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
  • Rev 1:15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
  • Rev 4:3 — 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.
  • Rev 4:3 — 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.
  • Rev 5:2 — And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
  • Rev 5:2 — And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
  • Rev 8:2 — And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
  • Rev 8:13 — And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three a
  • Rev 9:13 — And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
  • Rev 18:1 — And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
  • Rev 20:1 — And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
  • Song 6:10 — Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?