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Berean Standard Bible

“After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.””

Revelation 4:1

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After the seven letters, the vision shifts from earth to heaven. Chapters 4 and 5 present the throne room of God as the center from which everything else in the book is seen.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

World English Bible (WEB)

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

King James Version (KJV)

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

American Standard Version (ASV)

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, [a voice] as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard is as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, 'Come up hither, and I will show you what it behooves to come to pass after these things;'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

DESPUÉS de estas cosas miré, y he aquí una puerta abierta en el cielo: y la primera voz que oí, era como de trompeta que hablaba conmigo, diciendo: Sube acá, y yo te mostraré las cosas que han de ser después de éstas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Al levantar la vista, contemplé en el cielo una puerta abierta; y la voz que había escuchado antes, estridente como toque de trompeta, me dijo:«Sube acá y te mostraré lo que va a ocurrir después de esto».

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