Revelation 4:8

And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

9And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

Isaiah 13:6Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Isaiah 62:6I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

Ezekiel 10:21Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

Acts 20:31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:2-11

The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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