^20:11Then²⁹ I saw a large³⁰ white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven³¹ fled³² from his presence, and no place was found for them.

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Footnotes

29 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
30 Traditionally, “great,” but μέγας (megas) here refers to size rather than importance.
31 Or “and the sky.” The same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky,” and context usually determines which is meant. In this apocalyptic scene, however, it is difficult to be sure what referent to assign the term.
32 Or “vanished.” The phrase the earth and the heaven fled from his presence can be understood (1) as visual imagery representing the fear of corruptible matter in the presence of God, but (2) it can also be understood more literally as the dissolution of the universe as we know it in preparation for the appearance of the new heaven and new earth (Rev 21:1).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

NLTNew Living Translation

And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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