26 (A)And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, (B)in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above (C)it. 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward (D)I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. 28 (E)Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. (F)This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

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So when I saw it, (G)I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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26 Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne(A) of lapis lazuli,(B) and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.(C) 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.(D) 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(E) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(F)

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(G) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(H) and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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[a]And He who sat there was (A)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; (B)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:3 M omits And He who sat there was, making the following a description of the throne.

And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper(A) and ruby.(B) A rainbow(C) that shone like an emerald(D) encircled the throne.

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