18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.


In Context

15 And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Revelation 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for ever more, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.