- Revelation 11:4
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- Revelation 11:4
- (KJV)
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth.
- (1611 KJV)
These are the two oliue trees, and the two candlestickes,
standing before the God of the earth.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
These are two oliue trees, and two candlestickes,
standing before the God of the earth.
- (1526 Tyndale)
These are two olyve trees and two cadlestyckes
stodinge before ye god of ye erth
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (1881 RV) These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks,
standing before the Lord of the earth.
- (1901 ASV) These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks,
standing before the Lord of the earth.
- (AMP) These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands
which stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (CEB) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (CEV) These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands
that stand in the presence of the Lord who rules the earth.
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(CSB) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (1899 Douay-Rheims American Edition) These are the two olive trees, and
the two candlesticks, that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (ESV) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (GNB) The two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamps that
stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (HCSB) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (NASV) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (NCV) These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands
that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (2011 NIV) They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and
“they stand before the Lord of the earth.”
- (NLV) These two men who tell what they know are the two olive trees and
the two lights that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (NLT) These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands
that stand before the Lord of all the earth.
- (RSV) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand
before the Lord of the earth.
- (2011 NAB-Roman Catholic) These are the two olive trees and the two
lampstands
that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) These are [symbolized by] the two olive trees
and the two lampstands and are standing before the Lord of the earth.
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- ουτοι εισιν αι δυο ελαιαι και αι δυο λυχνιαι αι ενωπιον του
θεου της γης εστωσαι
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- ουτοι εισιν αι δυο ελαιαι και αι δυο λυχνιαι αι ενωπιον του
κυριου της γης εστωτες
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
- P 025 - Ninth century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Stephanus (1550 A.D.)
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Reads “Lord” instead of “God”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
- Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902
- Hodges and Farstad - Majority Text 1982 as corrected in 1985
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- Affected Teaching
- The Greek word “theos” was changed to “kurios” in the modern versions.
The word “theos” has many synonyms in the Greek but “kurios” is not one of
them. What the modern versions have done is borrowed from Zechariah 6:5.
Zechariah 6:5 (KJV) And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the
four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of
all the earth. The word “theos” in the Greek speaks only of God Himself
but “kurios” has several meanings such as “owner, master, lord.” There is no
valid reason for the text to have been changed from “theos” to “kurios.”
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