| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, | 1Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. |
| 2but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. | 2But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. |
| 3And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” | 3And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.” |
| 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. | 4These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. |
| 5And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. | 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. |
| 6They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. | 6They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. |
| 7And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, | 7When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. |
| 8and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. | 8And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. |
| 9For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, | 9And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. |
| 10and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. | 10All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them. |
| 11But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. | 11But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them. |
| 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. | 12Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched. |
| 13And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. | 13At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. |
| 14The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come. | 14The second terror is past, but look, the third terror is coming quickly. The Seventh Trumpet Brings the Third Terror |
| 15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” | 15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.” |
| 16And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, | 16The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him. |
| 17saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign. | 17And they said, “We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who always was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign. |
| 18The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.” | 18The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, as well as your holy people, and all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.” |
| 19Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. | 19Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm. |
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