Revelation 4:3
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And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
In other translations
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Greek words
καὶkaiandG2532ὁhothe [One]G3588καθήμενοςkathēmenossittingG2521ἦνēnwasG1510ὅμοιοςhomoioslikeG3664ὁράσειhoraseiin appearanceG3706λίθῳlithōstoneG3037ἰάσπιδιiaspidijasperG2393καὶkaiandG2532σαρδίῳsardiōsardiusG4556καὶkaiAndG2532ἶριςirisa rainbowG2463κυκλόθενkuklothen[was] aroundG2943τοῦtoutheG3588θρόνουthronouthroneG2362ὅμοιοςhomoioslikeG3664ὁράσειhoraseiin appearanceG3706σμαραγδίνῳ.smaragdinōan emerald.G4664
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