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

2And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, 3“Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.” And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel: 5from Judah 12,000 from Reuben 12,000 from Gad 12,000 6from Asher 12,000 from Naphtali 12,000 from Manasseh 12,000

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 9:16I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops.
• Revelation 14:1Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
• Genesis 15:5Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
• Romans 9:27And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, “Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved.
• Romans 11:5It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them.
• Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.
• Ezekiel 48:19Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it.
• Zechariah 9:1This is the message from the Lord against the land of Aram and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel, are on the Lord.
• Matthew 19:28Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Luke 22:30to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Acts 26:7In fact, that is why the twelve tribes of Israel zealously worship God night and day, and they share the same hope I have. Yet, Your Majesty, they accuse me for having this hope!
• James 1:1This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad. 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