Revelation 22:9 (YLT)

Passage

and he saith to me, `See--not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:7 Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

Revelation 22:8 And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

Revelation 22:9 and he saith to me, `See--not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'

Revelation 22:10 And he saith to me, `Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;

Revelation 22:11 he who is unrighteous--let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy--let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous--let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified--let him be sanctified still:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "see--not", "fellow-servant", "thee", "brethren", "prophets", "keeping", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "see--not", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And I John am he who is..." into verse 10's "And he saith to me Thou mayest...", so "saith" and "see--not" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saith" and "see--not" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.