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Revelation 14:2-4
New English Translation
Revelation 14:2-4
New English Translation
2 I also heard a sound[a] coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now[b] the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No[c] one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves[d] with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,
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- Revelation 14:2 tn Or “a voice” (cf. Rev 1:15), but since in this context nothing is mentioned as the content of the voice, it is preferable to translate φωνή (phōnē) as “sound” here.
- Revelation 14:2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new topic.
- Revelation 14:3 tn Grk “elders, and no one.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but because of the length and complexity of the sentence a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Revelation 14:4 tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.
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