Revelation 4:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald. [Ezek. 1:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.

Common English Bible

³ The one seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and surrounding the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the One who was sitting there was similar in appearance to a stone of jasper and sardius. And there was an iridescence surrounding the throne, in aspect similar to an emerald.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he that sat, was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine stone; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

Revelation 4:3 Cross References

Exodus 24:10

3 Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God,

Exodus 28:18

1 And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be engraved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes.

Exodus 39:11

4 And the twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with its several name.

Isaiah 6:1

And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.

Ezekiel 1:26

And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Ezekiel 1:28

But thou, O son of man, hear all that I say to thee: and do not thou provoke me, as that house provoketh me: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee.

Ezekiel 10:1

And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by an- other cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:

Ezekiel 28:13

1 Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Revelation 10:1

0 And I took the book from the hand of the angel, and ate it up: and it was in my mouth, sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

Revelation 21:11

0 The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.