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| 1After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the land, on the sea, or on any tree. | 1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. |
| 2I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea, | 2Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: |
| 3"Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads." | 3"Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." |
| 4I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of Israel: | 4Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. |
| 512,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, | 5From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, |
| 612,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh, | 6from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, |
| 712,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar, | 7from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, |
| 812,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, and 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. | 8from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000. |
| 9After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands. | 9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. |
| 10They cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!" | 10And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." |
| 11All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God, | 11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, |
| 12saying, "Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen!" | 12saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" |
| 13"Who are these people wearing white robes," one of the elders asked me, "and where did they come from?" | 13Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, and where did they come from?" |
| 14I told him, "Sir, you know." Then he told me, "These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. | 14I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. |
| 15That is why: "They are in front of the throne of God and worship him night and day in his Temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them. | 15Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. |
| 16They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them, | 16Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,' nor any scorching heat. |
| 17because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes." | 17For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; 'he will lead them to springs of living water.' 'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'" |
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