The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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13 and among the menorahs was someone like a Son of Man, wearing a robe down to his feet and a gold band around his chest.
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and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
14 His head and hair were as white as snow-white wool, his eyes like a fiery flame,
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The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
15 his feet like burnished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of rushing waters.
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His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars, out of his mouth went a sharp double-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
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In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He placed his right hand upon me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the First and the Last,
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When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 the Living One. I was dead, but look! - I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Sh'ol.
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I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19 So write down what you see, both what is now, and what will happen afterwards.
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“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
20 Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold menorahs: the seven stars are the angels of the seven Messianic communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven Messianic communities.
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The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angelsof the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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