Wahyu 4:8

4:8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings ¹  and was full of eyes all around and inside. ²  They never rest day or night, saying: ³ 

“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, ⁴ 

Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”

Wahyu 9:17

9:17 Now ⁵  this is what the horses and their riders ⁶  looked like in my ⁷  vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, ⁸  dark blue, ⁹  and sulfurous ¹⁰  yellow in color. ¹¹  The ¹²  heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur ¹³  came out of their mouths.

Wahyu 19:15

19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. ¹⁴  He ¹⁵  will rule ¹⁶  them with an iron rod, ¹⁷  and he stomps the winepress ¹⁸  of the furious ¹⁹  wrath of God, the All-Powerful. ²⁰ 

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “six wings apiece,” but this is redundant with “each one” in English.

[4:8]  ² tn Some translations render ἔσωθεν (eswqen) as “under [its] wings,” but the description could also mean “filled all around on the outside and on the inside with eyes.” Since the referent is not available to the interpreter, the exact force is difficult to determine.

[4:8]  ³ tn Or “They never stop saying day and night.”

[4:8]  ⁴ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”

[4:8]  sn A quotation from (or an allusion to) Isa 6:3.

[9:17]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the horses and riders, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.

[9:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “and those seated on them.”

[9:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “the vision”; the Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[9:17]  ⁸ tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

[9:17]  ⁹ tn On this term BDAG 1022 s.v. ὑακίνθινος states, “hyacinth-colored, i.e. dark blue (dark red?) w. πύρινος Rv 9:17.”

[9:17]  ¹⁰ tn On this term BDAG 446 s.v. θειώδης states, “sulphurous Rv 9:17.”

[9:17]  ¹¹ sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.

[9:17]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:17]  ¹³ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[19:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[19:15]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:15]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “will shepherd.”

[19:15]  ¹⁷ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

[19:15]  sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (see also Rev 2:27, 12:5).

[19:15]  ¹⁸ sn He stomps the winepress. See Isa 63:3, where Messiah does this alone (usually several individuals would join in the process), and Rev 14:20.

[19:15]  ¹⁹ tn The genitive θυμοῦ (qumou) has been translated as an attributed genitive. Following BDAG 461 s.v. θυμός 2, the combination of the genitives of θυμός (qumos) and ὀργή (orgh) in Rev 16:19 and 19:15 are taken to be a strengthening of the thought as in the OT and Qumran literature (Exod 32:12; Jer 32:37; Lam 2:3; CD 10:9).

[19:15]  ²⁰ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”