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Revelation 7:5

Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

KJV

ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἐσφραγισμένοι, ἐκ φυλῆς Ῥουβὴν δώδεκα χιλιάδες, ἐκ φυλῆς Γὰδ δώδεκα χιλιάδες,

Greek NT

Ex tribu Juda duodecim millia signati : ex tribu Ruben duodecim millia signati : ex tribu Gad duodecim millia signati :

Vulgate

Of the tribe of Judahweresealed twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;

ASV

Of the tribe of Juda, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Ruben, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand signed:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People ReubenGadJoda

In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γάδ
gad
noun · 1×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
σφραγίζω
sphragizo
verb · 15×
φυλή
phule
noun · 31×
χιλιάς
chilias
noun · 23×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἰουδά
iouda
noun · 8×
Ῥουβήν
rouben
noun · 1×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐσφραγισμένοι | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐσφραγισμένοι | RP: ἐσφραγισμέναι
  • ἐσφραγισμένοιSBLGNT
  • ἐσφραγισμένοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐσφραγισμέναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 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…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 2:1 — These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
  • Exod 1:2 — Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,