11 translations · Greek
Revelation 1:18
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
Revelation 1:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- KJV King James Version
- I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and He who is living, and I became dead, and behold, I am living through the ages of the ages. Amen! And I have the keys of Hades and of death.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and the grave.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Ζῶν | Zōn | Living [One] | G2198 ζάω to live |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἐγενόμην | egenomēn | I was | G1096 γίνομαι to be |
| νεκρὸς | nekros | dead | G3498 νεκρός dead |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἰδοὺ | idou | behold | G2400 ἰδού look! |
| ζῶν | zōn | alive | G2198 ζάω to live |
| εἰμι | eimi | [now] I am | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| εἰς | eis | — | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| αἰῶνας | aiōnas | forever | G165 αἰών an age: age |
| τῶν | tōn | [and] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| αἰώνων | aiōnōn | ever | G165 αἰών an age: age |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| ἔχω | echō | I hold | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κλεῖς | kleis | keys | G2807 κλείς key |
| τοῦ | tou | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θανάτου | thanatou | Death | G2288 θάνατος death |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοῦ | tou | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ᾅδου | hadou | Hades | G86 ᾍδης hell: Hades |
Related verses
- Romans 6:9
knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- Romans 14:8–9
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
- Psalm 68:20
God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
- Isaiah 22:22
I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.
- Revelation 3:7
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
- Revelation 20:1–2
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
- Matthew 16:19
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
- Hebrews 7:16
who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
- Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
20 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
Read all of Revelation 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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