MODERN LITERAL VERSION

7:1 After this I saw four messengers standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding-fast the four winds of the earth, in order that no wind should blow upon the earth nor upon the sea nor upon any tree.
7:2 And I saw another messenger ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a great voice to the four messengers to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
7:3 saying, Do not hurt the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we might seal the bondservants of our God upon their foreheads.

7:4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
7:5 twelve thousand out of the tribe of Judah; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Reuben; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Gad;
7:6 twelve thousand out of the tribe of Asher; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Naphtali; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Manasseh;
7:7 twelve thousand out of the tribe of Simeon; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Levi; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Issachar;
7:8 twelve thousand out of the tribe of Zebulun; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Joseph; twelve thousand out of the tribe of Benjamin having been sealed.

7:9 After these things I saw and behold, a large crowd, which no one was able to number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes and palm trees in their hands;
7:10 and they are crying with a great voice, saying, Salvation to our God who is sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb.

7:11 And all the messengers were standing surrounding the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces and worshiped God,
7:12 saying, Amen: blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength to our God forever and ever. Amen.

7:13 And one out of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are dressed in white robes, who are they and from where did they come?

7:14 And I said to him, My lord, you know.
And he said to me, These are those who are coming out of the great affliction and they rinsed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
7:15 Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they give-divine service to him day and night in his temple and he who is sitting upon the throne will reside over them.
7:16 They will not be hungry anymore, nor thirsty anymore; nor should the heat of the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,
7:17 because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, is shepherding them and is guiding them to the springs of waters of life and God will wipe-away every tear from their eyes.