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Berean Standard Bible

“After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.”

Revelation 7:9

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After hearing the number of those sealed from the tribes of Israel (7:1-8), John looks and sees a great multitude. Interpreters differ on how the two groups relate: many see them as two views of the same redeemed people of God, while others understand them as distinct groups.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

World English Bible (WEB)

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

King James Version (KJV)

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

American Standard Version (ASV)

After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Después de estas cosas miré, y he aquí una gran compañía, la cual ninguno podía contar, de todas gentes y linajes y pueblos y lenguas, que estaban delante del trono y en la presencia del Cordero, vestidos de ropas blancas, y palmas en sus manos;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Luego vi frente al trono y delante del Cordero a una gran multitud de todas las naciones, tribus, pueblos y lenguas, todos vestidos de blanco y con ramas de palma en las manos. Era tan inmensa la multitud que nadie podía contarla.

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