Revelation 11

Modern

Literal

The Two Witnesses

¹Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

¹And a reed like a staff was given to me, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those worshiping in it.

²But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

²And leave out the courtyard outside the temple, and do not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and they will trample upon the holy city forty and two months.

³And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

³And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.^a

⁴These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth.

⁵If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

⁵And if anyone should want to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone should want to harm them, thus it is necessary for him to be killed.

⁶These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

⁶These have the authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they might want.

The Witnesses Killed and Raised

⁷When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

⁷And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast coming up out of the Abyss will make war with them and will overcome them and will kill them.

⁸Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

⁸And their body will be upon the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

⁹For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

⁹And those of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations look at their bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their bodies to be put into a tomb.

¹⁰And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

¹⁰And those dwelling upon the earth rejoice over them and make merry, and they will send gifts to one another because these two prophets tormented those dwelling upon the earth.

¹¹But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

¹¹And after the three and a half days, the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those beholding them.

¹²And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

¹²And they heard a loud voice out of heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them.

¹³And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹³And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of men were killed in the earthquake. And the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁴The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.

¹⁴The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of His Christ,

and He will reign forever and ever.”

¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world has become that of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign to the ages of the ages.”

¹⁶And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

¹⁶And the twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell upon their faces and worshiped God,

¹⁷saying:

“We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty,

the One who is and who was,^a

because You have taken Your great power

and have begun to reign.

¹⁷saying: “We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One being, and who was, that You have taken Your great power and reigned.

¹⁸The nations were enraged,^a

and Your wrath has come.

The time has come to judge the dead^b

and to reward Your servants the prophets,

as well as the saints and those who fear Your name,

both small and great—

and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁸And the nations were angry, and Your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets, and to the saints and to those fearing Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.”

¹⁹Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

¹⁹And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.