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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Revelation 7</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//revelation/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/revelation/">Revelation</a> > Revelation 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/6.htm" title="Revelation 6">◄</a> Revelation 7 <a href="../revelation/8.htm" title="Revelation 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/revelation/7.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/revelation/7.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/revelation/7.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/revelation/7.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/revelation/7.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/revelation/7.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/revelation/7.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">144,000 Sealed<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel: <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Gad 12,000, <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>from the tribe of Asher 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Levi 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, <p class="indent1"> from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, <p class="indent1"> and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000. <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Praise from the Great Multitude<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they cried out in a loud voice: <p class="indent1stline">“Salvation to our God, <p class="indent2"> who sits on the throne, <p class="indent2"> and to the Lamb!” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” <p class="reg"> So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For this reason, <p class="indent1stline"> they are before the throne of God <p class="indent2"> and serve Him day and night in His temple; <p class="indent1"> and the One seated on the throne <p class="indent2"> will spread His tabernacle over them. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>‘Never again will they hunger, <p class="indent2"> and never will they thirst; <p class="indent1"> nor will the sun beat down upon them, <p class="indent2"> nor any scorching heat.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the Lamb in the center of the throne <p class="indent2"> will be their shepherd.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1">‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <a href="../isaiah/49.htm#10">Isaiah 49:10</a><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> See <a href="../psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../isaiah/49.htm#10">Isaiah 49:10</a><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../isaiah/25.htm#8">Isaiah 25:8</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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