Revelation 1:16

1:16 He held ¹  seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His ²  face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 4:5

4:5 From ³  the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring ⁴  and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, ⁵  were burning in front of the throne

Revelation 9:18

9:18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, ⁶  by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

Revelation 11:5

11:5 If ⁷  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ⁸  and completely consumes ⁹  their enemies. If ¹⁰  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

Revelation 16:14

16:14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth ¹¹  to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful. ¹² 

[1:16]  ¹ tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

[1:16]  ² tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:5]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:5]  ⁴ tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[4:5]  ⁵ sn Some interpret the seven spirits of God as angelic beings, while others see them as a reference to the sevenfold ministry of the Holy Spirit.

[9:18]  ⁵ tn The phrase ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν (“by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths”) is taken as epexegetical (explanatory) to the phrase τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων (“these three plagues”).

[11:5]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:5]  ⁸ tn This is a collective singular in Greek.

[11:5]  ⁹ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

[11:5]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:14]  ⁹ tn BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουμένη 1 states, “the inhabited earth, the world…ὅλη ἡ οἰκ. the whole inhabited earth…Mt 24:14; Ac 11:28; Rv 3:10; 16:14.”

[16:14]  ¹⁰ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”