| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Then I was given a measuring reed like a rod, with these words: "Go and measure God's sanctuary and the altar, and count those who worship there. | 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, |
| 2But exclude the courtyard outside the sanctuary. Don't measure it, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. | 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. |
| 3I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth." | 3And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” |
| 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. | 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. |
| 5If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. | 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. |
| 6These men have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want. | 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. |
| 7When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them. | 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, |
| 8Their dead bodies will lie in the public square of the great city, which prophetically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. | 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. |
| 9And representatives from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb. | 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, |
| 10Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth. | 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. |
| 11But after 3 1/2 days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. So great fear fell on those who saw 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. |
| 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched 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. |
| 13At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. | 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. |
| 14The second woe has passed. Take note: The third woe is coming quickly! | 14The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come. |
| 15The 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 Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever! | 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.” |
| 16The 24 elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God, | 16And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, |
| 17saying: We thank You, Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. | 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. |
| 18The nations were angry, but Your wrath has come. The time has come for the dead to be judged and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets, to the saints, and to those who fear Your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth. | 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.” |
| 19God's sanctuary in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings of thunder, an earthquake, and severe hail. | 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. |
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