^20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then³³ books were opened, and another book was opened—the book of life.³⁴ So³⁵ the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.³⁶^20:13The³⁷ sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death³⁸ and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. ^20:14Then³⁹ Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. ^20:15If⁴⁰ anyone’s name⁴¹ was not found written in the book of life, that person⁴² was thrown into the lake of fire.

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Footnotes

33 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
34 Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”
35 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.
36 Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”
37 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
38 Here Death is personified (cf. 1 Cor 15:55).
39 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
40 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
41 The word “name” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
42 Grk “he”; the pronoun has been intensified by translating as “that person.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw the dead—the great and the small—standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds. And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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