Revelation 7:4

Revelation 7:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

Context of Revelation 7:4

2I saw another angel coming from the east with the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been allowed to harm the land and sea, 3“Don’t harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” I heard how many were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of the people of Israel: 512,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, 612,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,

Revelation 7:4 word by word

Καὶ ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἐσφραγισμένων· ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἐσφραγισμένοι ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• the numberὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the numberἀριθμόςarithmos · numberG706
• of them which were sealedσφραγίζωsphragizō · to sealG4972
• an hundredἑκατόνhekaton · hundredG1540
• an hundredτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• an hundredτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• thousandχιλιάςchilias · thousandG5505
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the tribesφυλήphulē · tribeG5443
• of the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474

Cross-references for Revelation 7:4

• Revelation 9:16The soldiers on horses numbered 20,000 times 10,000. I heard how many there were.
• Revelation 14:1I looked, and the lamb was standing on Mount Zion. There were 144,000 people with him who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
• Genesis 15:5He took Abram outside and said, “Now look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He also said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”
• Romans 9:27Isaiah also says about Israel: “Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved.
• Romans 11:5So, as there were then, there are now a few left that God has chosen by his kindness.
• Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Almighty Lord says: These are the borders of the land that is to be divided among the 12 tribes of Israel. Joseph gets two parts.
• Ezekiel 48:19City workers from all the tribes in Israel will farm it.
• Zechariah 9:1This is the divine revelation. The Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach and will rest on Damascus
• Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: When the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the world to come, you, my followers, will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Luke 22:30You will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. You will also sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.”
• Acts 26:7Our twelve tribes expect this promise to be kept as they worship with intense devotion day and night. Your Majesty, the Jews are making accusations against me because I expect God to keep his promise.
• James 1:1From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To God’s faithful people who have been scattered. Greetings.

Commentaries on Revelation 7:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I heard the number of them which were sealed - In the number of 144,000 are included all the Jews converted to Christianity; 12,000 out of each of the twelve tribes: but this must be only a certain for an uncertain number; for it is not to be supposed that just 12,000 were converted out of each of the twelve tribes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And I heard the number of them which were sealed - He does not say where he heard that, or by whom it was communicated to him, or when it was done. The material point is, that he heard it; he did not see it done. Either by the angel, or by some direct communication from God, he was told of the number that would be sealed, and of the distribution of the whole number into twelve equal parts, represented by the tribes of the children of Israel. And there…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Who are the 144,000? This list of the tribes of Israel does not match the twelve physical tribes exactly. Instead, it shows that God knows exactly who belongs to him. By the 90s AD, Israel’s twelve tribes no longer existed. Ten tribes were scattered when Assyria conquered the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:1–41). The early Christian church saw itself symbolically as the Israel of God (Matthew 19:28; Romans 2:28–29; 9:6–8; Galatians 3:29; 6:16…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Twelve is the number of the tribes, and appropriate to the Church: three by four: three, the divine number, multiplied by four, the number for world-wide extension. Twelve by twelve implies fixity and completeness, which is taken a thousandfold in 144,000. A thousand implies the world perfectly pervaded by the divine; for it is ten, the world number, raised to the power of three, the number of God. of all the tribes--literally, "out of every tribe"…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 7:4

• Israel
• Righteous
• Seal
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Four Thousand
• Light
• Tribe
• Ethics
• Gad (1)
• Midian; Midianites

Commentaries on Revelation 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings