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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Revelation 19:12

and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Astronomy;   Crown;   Horse;   Jesus Continued;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - Armageddon;   Day (of Christ);   Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Glorified Christ, the;   Name;   Wonderful;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Government;   Jesus Christ;   Name;   War/weapons;   Word of God;   Wrath;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Jesus christ;   Prophecy, prophet;   War;   Wrath;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Armageddon;   Dead Sea Scrolls;   Fire;   Nahum, Theology of;   War, Holy War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Diadem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Armageddon;   Cherub (1);   Crown;   Joshua;   War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Army;   Diadem;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Crown;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Angels (2);   Ascension;   Ascension (2);   Eschatology;   Eye;   Fire;   Fire ;   Head;   Mediator;   Perseverance;   Supremacy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Horse;   Prophets, the;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Crown;   Interpreter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Crown;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Flame;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Diadem;   Flame;   King, Christ as;   Peter, Simon;   Revelation of John:;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
His eyes were like burning fire. He had many crowns on his head. A name was written on him, but he was the only one who knew its meaning.
Revised Standard Version
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed were many crounes: and he had a name written yt noman knewe but him sylfe.
Hebrew Names Version
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
New American Standard Bible
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
New Century Version
His eyes are like burning fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him, which no one but himself knows.
Update Bible Version
And his eyes [are] as a flame of fire, and on his head [are] many diadems; and he has a name written which no one knows but he himself.
Webster's Bible Translation
His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
World English Bible
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems, and he hath a name written, which none knoweth but himself.
Weymouth's New Testament
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many kingly crowns; and He has a name written upon Him which no one but He Himself knows.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And `the iyen of hym weren as flawme of fier, and in his heed many diademys; and he hadde a name writun, which no man knew, but he.
English Revised Version
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written, which no one knoweth but he himself.
Berean Standard Bible
He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
Contemporary English Version
He had eyes like flames of fire, and he was wearing a lot of crowns. His name was written on him, but he was the only one who knew what the name meant.
Amplified Bible
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many royal crowns; and He has a name inscribed [on Him] which no one knows or understands except Himself.
American Standard Version
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.
Bible in Basic English
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.
Complete Jewish Bible
His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself.
Darby Translation
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;
International Standard Version
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many royal crowns. He has a name written on him that nobody knows except himself.Revelation 1:14; 2:16-18; 6:2;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But his eyes were as the flame of fire, and upon his head were many diadems, having names written; and the name which was written of him no man knoweth but himself.
Murdock Translation
His eyes [fn] like a flame of fire, and on his head [fn] many diadems; and he had names inscribed; and the name which was written on him, no one knew, except himself.
King James Version (1611)
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes, and hee had a name written, that no man knew but he himselfe.
New Living Translation
His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself.
New Life Bible
His eyes are a flame of fire. He has many crowns on His head. His name is written on Him but He is the only One Who knows what it says.
New Revised Standard
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.
English Standard Version
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes: and he had a name written, that no man knewe but himselfe.
George Lamsa Translation
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had names written, and one of the names written, no man knew but he himself.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many diadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His eyes were as a flambe of fire, and on his head were many crownes, and he had a name written, that no man knewe but he hym selfe.
Good News Translation
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and he wore many crowns on his head. He had a name written on him, but no one except himself knows what it is.
Christian Standard Bible®
His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head. He had a name written that no one knows except himself.
King James Version
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Lexham English Bible
Now his eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were many royal headbands having a name written that no one except he himself knows.
Literal Translation
And His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head many diadems, having a name that had been written, which no one knows except Himself;
Young's Literal Translation
and his eyes [are] as a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems -- having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His eyes were as a flame of fyre, and on his heade were many crounes: & he had a name wrytten, that noman knewe but him selfe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
his eyes were as a flame of fire, on his head were many crowns: and a name inscrib'd which no one comprehended, but himself:
New English Translation
His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.
New King James Version
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had [fn] a name written that no one knew except Himself.
Simplified Cowboy Version
His eyes were like fire and he wore many crowns. His name was written on himself, but only he knows what it means.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.

Contextual Overview

11 And I saw heaven, set open, and lo! a white horse, and, he that was sitting thereon, calledFaithful, and True; and, in righteousness, doth he judge and make war; 12 and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself, 13 and arrayed with a mantle sprinkled with blood, and his name hath been called - The Word of God. 14 And, the armies which were in heaven, were following him, upon white horses, clothed with fine linen, white, pure; 15 and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations, - and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine-press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty. 16 And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written - King of kings, and Lord of lords. 17 And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, - Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God, - 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. 19 And I saw the wild-beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together - to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. 20 And the wild-beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild-beast and them who were doing homage unto his image, - alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eyes: Revelation 1:14, Revelation 2:18

on his: Revelation 6:2, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 13:1, Psalms 8:5, Song of Solomon 3:11, Isaiah 62:3, Zechariah 9:16, Matthew 21:5, Matthew 28:18, Hebrews 2:9

a name: Revelation 19:16, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 3:12, Genesis 32:29, Exodus 23:21, Judges 13:18, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown 2 Chronicles 23:11 - put upon Psalms 21:3 - settest Daniel 10:6 - his face Zechariah 6:11 - make Matthew 17:2 - his face Ephesians 1:21 - every Revelation 14:14 - a golden

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.
Genesis 19:23
When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot had entered into Zoar.
Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the assembly, saying - Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them, - lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.
Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, That they may revere me, all the days, - For the good of them and of their children after them;
2 Peter 2:7
And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued -
2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; -
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying - Come forth, my people, out of her, - that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

His eyes were as a flame of fire,.... Which denotes the perspicuity and penetration of them, the omniscience of Christ to look into and discover the secret machinations, schemes, and devices of his enemies against his people, and his exercise of it in favour of them, his eyes, like a flame of fire, running to and fro on their behalf; and also this may signify the fierceness of his anger against the enemies of his people, the eyes of his glory being provoked by their cruelty and wickedness; and likewise the suddenness of their destruction, and the inevitableness of it.

And on his head were many crowns; for he has not only a crown, as the Creator and Governor of the universe, in right of nature, but he has one which his Father has put upon his head, when he set him as King over his holy hill of Zion, Psalms 21:3 and there is another which his mother, the church, crowned him with in the day of his espousals, Song of Solomon 3:11 and besides these, every believer puts a crown on his head, gives him the glory of their salvation, and all of them cast their crowns at his feet: to which may be added, that the crowns of all the kings of the earth are his; they reign by him, and are accountable to him. This part of the description may be expressive of that all power in heaven and earth, given to Christ at his resurrection, and exercised by him ever since; and particularly of the extensiveness of his kingdom at the time this vision refers to, when the kingdoms of this world shall be his, Revelation 11:15 for this vision, and the seventh trumpet, are contemporary; and it may be a symbol of the many victories obtained by him, and of the last and closing one that should now be obtained by him.

And he had a name written that no man knew but he himself; which seems to be his name, the Son of God, as the unknown name of the overcomer, in Revelation 2:17 is a child of God; and the sense is, that his divine nature, in which he is the Son of God, is incomprehensible, and that the begetting or generation of him, as such, is ineffable,

Proverbs 30:4 and that without a divine revelation the name itself could not be known; or it could not be known that God had a Son, and that Christ is he, and bears that name, Matthew 11:27 or else his name Immanuel. The incarnate God may be intended, which is a secret and wonderful name, and contains in it, without controversy, a great mystery, which cannot be comprehended by finite minds; or his name,

פלא, "wonderful, secret", Isaiah 9:6. This name is said to be "written"; that is, in the Scriptures of truth, in which it is revealed that Christ is the Son of God, and Immanuel. In Revelation 19:16 the name of King of kings, c. is said to be written on his vesture, and on his thigh and the Ethiopic version makes this to be written on his crown or diadem, reading the words thus; "and upon his head a crown, and there was written in his diadem a name, and no man knew it, but he himself only"; as the high priest had "holiness to the Lord" written on his mitre. The Syriac version inserts a clause between the two last, "having names written", and then follows, "and a name written", &c. and so the Complutensian edition.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His eyes were as a flame of fire - See the notes on Revelation 1:14.

And on his head were many crowns - Many diadems, indicative of his universal reign. It is not said how these were worn or arranged on his head - perhaps the various diadems worn by kings were in some way wreathed into one.

And he had a name written - That is, probably on the frontlet of this compound diadem. Compare the notes on Revelation 13:1; Revelation 14:1.

That no man knew but he himself - See the notes on Revelation 2:17. This cannot here mean that no one could read the name, but the idea is, that no one but himself could fully understand its import. It involved a depth of meaning, and a degree of sacredness, and a relation to the Father, which he alone could apprehend in its true import. This is true of the name here designated - “the Word of God” - the “Logos” - Λόγος Logos; and it is true of all the names which he bears. See Matthew 11:27. Compare a quotation from Dr. Buchanan in the Asiatic Researches, vol. 1, vi. p. 264, as quoted by Rosenmuller, Morgenland, in loco.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 19:12. His eyes were as a flame of fire — To denote the piercing and all-penetrating nature of his wisdom.

On his head were many crowns — To denote the multitude of his conquests, and the extent of his dominion.

A name written, that no man knew — This is a reference to what the rabbins call the shem hammephorash, or tetragrammaton, יהוה YHVH; or what we call Jehovah. This name the Jews never attempt to pronounce: when they meet with it in the Bible, they read אדני Adonai for it; but, to a man, they all declare that no man can pronounce it; and that the true pronunciation has been lost, at least since the Babylonish captivity; and that God alone knows its true interpretation and pronunciation. This, therefore, is the name which no man knew but he himself.


 
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