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


In Context

15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, |Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

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

19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;

20 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.

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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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.