John’s Vision on Patmos
Revelation 1:14
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
- KJV
- His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
- WEB
- His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
- ASV
- And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
- LSV
- and His head and hairs [were] white, as if white wool—as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire;
- YLT
- and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
- DBY
- his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
- DRC
- And his head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,
- GNV
- His head, and heares were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ὡς (“as if”); Textus Receptus read ὡσει (“like”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός,
- RP2018
- Ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών· καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡσεὶ ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών· καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός·
- SCR1894
- η δε κεφαλη αυτου και αι τριχες λευκαι ωσει εριον λευκον ως χιων και οι οφθαλμοι αυτου ως φλοξ πυρος
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 10:6His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
- Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels…
- Revelation 2:18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
- Revelation 19:12He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
- Matthew 28:3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).