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Rev. 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the four beasts had each of them six wingsh about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they γrest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.*

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Isa. 6:2• ²Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew. (Isa. 6:2)

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have no rest.

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six.

Isa. 6:2‑13• ²Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
³And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!
⁴And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
⁵And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
⁶And one of the seraphim flew unto me, and he had in his hand a glowing coal, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
⁷and he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.
⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me.
⁹And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
¹¹And I said, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be wasted, without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land become an utter desolation,
¹²and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
¹³But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk remaineth after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof. (Isa. 6:2‑13)

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Ezek. 1:6• ⁶And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. (Ezek. 1:6)

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Ezek. 10:21‑22• ²¹Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
²²And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar--their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them. (Ezek. 10:21‑22)

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2 Tim. 4:2• ²proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2 Tim. 4:2)

full.

Rev. 4:6• ⁶and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind; (Rev. 4:6)

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1 Tim. 4:16• ¹⁶Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:16)

and they.

Rev. 7:15• ¹⁵Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits upon the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. (Rev. 7:15)

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Isa. 62:1,6‑7• ¹For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
⁶I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence,
⁷and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:1,6‑7)

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Acts 20:31• ³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears. (Acts 20:31)

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1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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2 Thess. 3:8‑9• ⁸nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
⁹not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us. (2 Thess. 3:8‑9)

rest not.

Gr. have no rest.

Holy.

Rev. 3:7• ⁷And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith the holy, the true; he that has the key of David, he who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open: (Rev. 3:7)

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Ex. 15:11• ¹¹Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Ex. 15:11)

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Isa. 6:3• ³And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory! (Isa. 6:3)

Lord God Almighty.

Rev. 1:8• ⁸I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. (Rev. 1:8)

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Rev. 11:17• ¹⁷saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, He who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned. (Rev. 11:17)

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Rev. 15:3• ³And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations. (Rev. 15:3)

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Rev. 16:7,14• ⁷And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
¹⁴for they are the spirits of demons, doing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together to the war of that great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. 16:7,14)

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Rev. 19:15• ¹⁵And out of his mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. (Rev. 19:15)

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Rev. 21:22• ²²And I saw no temple in it; for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. (Rev. 21:22)

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Gen. 17:1• ¹And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty *God: walk before my face, and be perfect. (Gen. 17:1)

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Psa. 91:1• ¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psa. 91:1)

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Isa. 13:6• ⁶Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty. (Isa. 13:6)

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Joel 1:15• ¹⁵Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (Joel 1:15)

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2 Cor. 6:18• ¹⁸and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:18)

which.

Rev. 4:4• ⁴And round the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed with white garments; and on their heads golden crowns. (Rev. 4:4)

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Heb. 13:8• ⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages to come. (Heb. 13:8)

• The four living creatures, having each of them six wings, denoted supernatural rapidity, and the eyes within intrinsic discernment (article #56648)

• The reason, as it seems, why the living creatures are thus near, is because they are the judicial executive, and providential judgments will then be in progress. They characterize the action of the throne. (“Lectures on Revelation 4” by W. Kelly)

• It is not occupation with evil; but when God shows us the means or agencies by which He executes judgment, we have one unceasing cry as regards Him — "Holy, holy, holy." (“Lectures on Revelation 4” by W. Kelly)

• Six Wings: Supernatural swiftness (Ezek. 1). (“Revelation 4 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

• Full of Eyes: Perfect intelligence. (“Revelation 4 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the four living creaturesa, each one of them having respectively six wings; roundb and within they are full of eyes; and they cease notc day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord Godd Almighty, who wase, and who is, and who is to come.

JND Translation Notes

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a

See Isa. 6.2,3.

b

I judge that Ezek. 10.12 shows that "round" belongs to the eyes.

c

I prefer "cease not" to "have no rest," because in English "having no rest" means constant fatigue. The Greek here means "no intermission of action."

d

See Note l, ch. 1.8.

e

On the throne, "who was" comes first. It is in time. see Note, ch. 1.4.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the four living creatures, having each of them six wings, round about and withina are full of eyes; and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holyb, the Lord God the Almighty that was and that is and that is to come.

WK Translation Notes

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a

Some editors read, "are full round about and within."

b

Some MSS. repeat the word holy three times, others six times or nine times.