Revelation 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.
KJV
καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι καὶ σαρδίῳ, καὶ ἶρις κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ.
Greek NT
Et qui sedebat similis erat aspectui lapidis jaspidis, et sardinis : et iris erat in circuitu sedis similis visioni smaragdinæ.
Vulgate
and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.
ASV
And he that sat was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine stone. And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κυκλόθεν
kuklothen
adverb · 3×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
σάρδιος
sardios
noun · 2×
σμαράγδινος
smaragdinos
adjective · 1×
ἴασπις
iaspis
noun · 4×
ἶρις
iris
noun · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
ὅρασις
orasis
noun · 4×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Gen 9:13 · echo"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."Genesis: the rainbow — rainbow around the throne
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ ὁ καθήμενος | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ ὁ καθήμενος
- καὶ ὁ καθήμενος — SBLGNT
- καὶ ὁ καθήμενος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ | RP: ὁμοίως ὅρασις σμαραγδίνων
- ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ — SBLGNT
- ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁμοίως ὅρασις σμαραγδίνων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is a sacrament a kind of sign? Is every sign of a sacred thing a sacrament? Is a sacrament a sign of one thing only, or of several? Is a sacrament a sign that is something sensible? Is some determinate sensible thing required for a sacrament? Is signification expressed by words necessary for a sacrament? Are determinate words required? May anything be added to or subtracted fro…
Cross-references
- Exod 24:10 — And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
- Exod 24:10 — And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
- Ezek 1:26 — And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man a
- 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
- Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
- 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.
- 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.
- Rev 5:1 — And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
- Rev 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:
- Rev 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:
- Rev 21:11 — Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 21:11 — Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 21:19 — And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
- Rev 21:20 — The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.