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Revelation 7:1

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

KJV

Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἴδον τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους ἑστῶτας ἐπὶ τὰς τέσσαρας γωνίας τῆς γῆς, κρατοῦντας τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀνέμους τῆς γῆς, ἵνα μὴ πνέῃ ἄνεμος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς μήτε ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης μήτε ἐπὶ πᾶν δένδρον.

Greek NT

Post hæc vidi quatuor angelos stantes super quatuor angulos terræ, tenentes quatuor ventos terræ, ne flarent super terram, neque super mare, neque in ullam arborem.

Vulgate

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.

ASV

After these things, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that they should not blow upon the earth nor upon the sea nor on any tree.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γωνία
gonia
noun · 9×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δένδρον
dendron
noun · 25×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μήτε
mete
conjunction · 34×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνέω
pneo
verb · 7×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Μετὰ | WH/NIV: Μετὰ | Treg/RP: Καὶ μετὰ
  • ΜετὰSBLGNT
  • ΜετὰWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καὶ μετὰTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πᾶν | WH/NIV: πᾶν | Treg/RP: τι
  • πᾶνSBLGNT
  • πᾶνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§1138"Recapitulated in Christ," these are the ones who take part in the service of the praise of God and the fulfillment of his plan: the heavenly powers, all creation (the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand),4 especially the martyrs "slain for the word of God," and t…
He showed me a large willow tree, overshadowing plains and mountains, and under the shade of the willow all have come who are called by the name of the Lord. And by the willow there stood an angel of the Lord, glorious and very tall, having a great sickle, cutting branches from the willow, and giving them to the people that were overshadowed by the willow.

Cross-references

  • Dan 7:2 — Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
  • Dan 7:2 — Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
  • Dan 8:8 — Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
  • Dan 8:8 — Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
  • Ezek 7:2 — Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
  • Ezek 37:9 — Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
  • Isa 11:12 — And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  • Isa 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
  • Jer 49:36 — And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
  • Jer 49:36 — And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
  • Jonah 1:4 — But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
  • Mark 13:27 — And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
  • Mark 13:27 — And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
  • Matt 8:26 — And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  • Matt 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Matt 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Rev 7:3 — Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
  • Rev 9:4 — And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
  • Rev 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
  • Rev 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
  • Zech 1:18 — Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
  • Zech 6:1 — And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
  • Zech 6:5 — And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth.