Revelation 14:2

Praise and worship

¹ And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

³ And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

⁴ These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
KJV: And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
WEB: I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
ASV: And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard [was] as [the voice] of harpers harping with their harps:
DARBY: And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard [was] as of harp-singers harping with their harps;
BLB: And I heard a voice out of heaven like a voice of many waters, and like a voice of great thunder. And the voice that I heard [was] as of harpists harping with their harps.

ÅB: Og jeg hørte en røst fra himmelen som lyden av mange vann og som lyden av en sterk torden, og røsten jeg hørte, var som av harpespillere som spilte på sine harper.
OTB: Og jeg hørte en lyd fra himmelen, som bruset av mange vann og som lyden av sterk torden. Lyden jeg hørte var som harpespillere som spiller på sine harper.
B1930: Og jeg hørte en røst fra himmelen som lyden av mange vann og som lyden av en sterk torden, og røsten jeg hørte, var som av harpespillere som spilte på sine harper.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
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Ezekiel 43:2
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
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Revelation 1:15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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Revelation 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
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Psalms 93:4
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
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Psalms 33:2
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
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Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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