Revelation 19:5
3 And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
6 And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- KJV
- And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
- WEB
- A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- ASV
- And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.
- DARBY
- And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, [and] ye that fear him, small and great.
- BLB
- And a voice came out from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all [you] His servants, and those fearing Him, the small and the great!”
- ÅB
- Og en røst gikk ut fra tronen, som sa: Lov vår Gud, alle dere hans tjenere, og dere som frykter ham, både små og store!
- OTB
- Så kom en stemme fra tronen, som sa:
"Pris vår Gud, alle hans tjenere,
dere som frykter ham, både små og store!" - B1930
- Og en røst gikk ut fra tronen, som sa: Lov vår Gud, alle I hans tjenere, og I som frykter ham, både små og store!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
Read in contextPsalms 148:11–13
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
Read in contextPsalms 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Read in contextPsalms 135:1
Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
Read in contextRevelation 7:15
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
Read in contextRevelation 11:18–19
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Read in contextPsalms 22:23
You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
Read in contextPsalms 103:20–22
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
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