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Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    I am Alpha and Omega the begynninge and the endinge sayth the Lorde almyghty which is and which was and which is to come.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, Which is, and Which was, and Which is to come, euen the Almightie.

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Cross-references (25)

Passages linked to Revelation 1:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 44:6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
  • Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
  • Isaiah 48:12 “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
  • Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
  • Revelation 21:6 He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
  • Isaiah 41:4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
  • Revelation 1:4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
  • Revelation 11:17 saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power and reigned.
  • Revelation 1:17 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,
  • Revelation 4:8 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
  • Revelation 2:8 “To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
  • Isaiah 9:6 For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
  • Genesis 49:25 even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
  • Revelation 19:15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
  • Revelation 16:14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
  • Exodus 6:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
  • Revelation 21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
  • Genesis 35:11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
  • Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
  • Genesis 43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
  • Numbers 24:4 he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
  • Revelation 1:11 saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
  • Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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Explain this verse (19 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain I am he before whom there is nothing, yea,…

I am he before whom there is nothing, yea, by whom everything that is made, was made and shall remain though all they should perish.

A confirmation of the salutation aforegoing, taken from the words of God himself: in which he avoucheth his operation in every single creature, the immutable eternity that is in himself, and his omnipotence in all things: and concludeth in the unity of his own essence, that Trinity of persons, which was before spoken of.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Observe here, 1. That what was applied to God…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I am Alpha and Omega,.... These are the words…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. I am Alpha and Omega] I am…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Rev 1:8. I am Alpha and Omega, saith the…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I am Alpha and Omega - These are the…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain I am Alpha, and Omega. These, the first and…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Greek, "I am the Alpha and the Omega." The…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. I… the Lord—God should be added as the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. Alpha and Omega] The first and last letters…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) The beginning and the ending.—These words are of…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A prelude to the book. In the simple majesty…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 8. I am the Alpha and the Omega. The…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain Rev_1:8. Alpha and Omega.—First and last letters of the…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:8 I am is the name of God in…

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