¹¹Then I saw a great white throne^x and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^y and there was no place for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small,^z standing before the throne, and books were opened.^a Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^b The dead were judged^c according to what they had done^d as recorded in the books.

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Cross references

xSee Rev 4:2
ySee Rev 6:14
zSee Rev 19:5
a Da 7:10
bver 15; Ex 32:32; Dt 29:20; Da 12:1; Mal 3:16; Lk 10:20; Rev 3:5; 21:27
c Rev 11:18
d Jer 17:10; See Mt 16:27

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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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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