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.


In Context

15 and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

16 and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance is as the sun shining in its might.

17 And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

18 and 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.

19 'Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;

20 the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen 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 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 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.