Revelation 4:6

And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

And {G2532} before {G1799} the throne {G2362} there was a sea {G2281} of glass {G5193} like {G3664} unto crystal {G2930}: and {G2532} in {G1722} the midst {G3319} of the throne {G2362}, and {G2532} round about {G2945} the throne {G2362}, were four {G5064} beasts {G2226} full {G1073} of eyes {G3788} before {G1715} and {G2532} behind {G3693}.

In front of the throne was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living beings covered with eyes in front and behind.

And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 15:2 (13 votes)

    And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

  • Revelation 5:6 (12 votes)

    ¶ And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

  • Revelation 14:3 (9 votes)

    And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

  • Ezekiel 10:12 (8 votes)

    And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, [were] full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.

  • Revelation 19:4 (8 votes)

    And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

  • Revelation 4:8 (8 votes)

    ¶ And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  • Revelation 4:9 (8 votes)

    And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,