Revelation 1:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² And I turned to see [whose] voice was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Then I turned to see [whose was] the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Common English Bible

¹² I turned to see who was speaking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven oil lamps burning on top of seven gold stands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And I turned around, so as to see the voice which was speaking with me. And having turned around, I saw seven golden lampstands.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:

Revelation 1:12 Cross References

Revelation 1:13

and in the middle of the lamp stands I saw someone [who looked] like a son of man [i.e., Jesus. See verses 17-18]. He was dressed in a robe that reached down to His feet and He had a golden sash around His chest.

Revelation 1:19

“So, write down the things that you have seen, and the things now going on, and the things that will happen later on.

Revelation 1:20

The secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lamp stands [is this]: The seven stars are the angels [i.e., messengers] of the seven churches. And the seven lamp stands are the seven churches.”

Revelation 2:1

“Write [this] to the angel [i.e., the messenger] of the church at Ephesus [Note: These “messengers,” (verses 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14) are thought by some to be evangelists]: These things are the words of the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lamp stands:

Revelation 4:1

After [seeing all] these things, I looked, and there in heaven I saw [a vision of] an open door, and the voice I had first heard speaking to me like [the sound of] a trumpet [See 1:10], said, “Come up here [i.e., to heaven], and I will show you the things which must happen after these things [i.e., the things just revealed].”