When Rev 4:3 was originally written, do you think it did, or didn't, make an explicit reference to clouds?
Revelation 4:3
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(Etheridge) And he who sat was like to the appearance of the stone of jaspon, and of sardion;
and the bow of the clouds was around the throne, in resemblance to the appearance of zmragda.
(Murdock) And he who sat, was like the appearance of a jasper-stone, and of a sardine [sard],
and of a rainbow of the clouds, round about the throne, in form as the appearance of emeralds.
(KJV) 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.
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Do you think a reference to God’s throne does, or doesn’t, belong in Rev 11:16?
Revelation 11:16
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(Etheridge) And the twenty and four presbyters who were before the throne of Aloha, who were sitting upon their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped,
(Murdock) And the twenty and four Elders, who are before the throne of God, [and] who sit upon their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
(KJV) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Revelation 4:2-4 (NKJV)
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2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 [a]And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white [b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
Footnotes:
a: M omits _And He who sat there was_, making the following a description of the throne.
b: NU, M _robes, with crowns_
Revelation 7:11 (NKJV)
All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 19:4 (NKJV)
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”
Revelation 4:3
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(Etheridge) And he who sat was like to the appearance of the stone of jaspon, and of sardion;
and the bow of the clouds was around the throne, in resemblance to the appearance of zmragda.
(Murdock) And he who sat, was like the appearance of a jasper-stone, and of a sardine [sard],
and of a rainbow of the clouds, round about the throne, in form as the appearance of emeralds.
(KJV) 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.
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Do you think a reference to God’s throne does, or doesn’t, belong in Rev 11:16?
Revelation 11:16
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(Etheridge) And the twenty and four presbyters who were before the throne of Aloha, who were sitting upon their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped,
(Murdock) And the twenty and four Elders, who are before the throne of God, [and] who sit upon their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
(KJV) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Revelation 4:2-4 (NKJV)
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2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 [a]And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white [b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
Footnotes:
a: M omits _And He who sat there was_, making the following a description of the throne.
b: NU, M _robes, with crowns_
Revelation 7:11 (NKJV)
All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 19:4 (NKJV)
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”