Revelation 4:10
8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
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
- the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
- KJV
- The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
- WEB
- the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- ASV
- the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
- DARBY
- the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
- BLB
- the twenty-four elders will fall before the One sitting upon the throne, and they will worship the One living to the ages of the ages, and they will cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
- ÅB
- da faller de fire og tyve eldste ned for ham som sitter på tronen, og tilber ham som lever i all evighet, og kaster sine kroner ned for tronen og sier:
- OTB
- faller de tjuefire eldste ned foran ham som sitter på tronen og tilber ham som lever i evigheters evighet. De legger sine kroner foran tronen og sier:
- B1930
- da faller de fire og tyve eldste ned for ham som sitter på tronen, og tilbeder ham som lever i all evighet, og kaster sine kroner ned for tronen og sier:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Read in contextPsalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Read in contextRevelation 19:4
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
Read in contextRevelation 11:16
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:11–16
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
Read in contextRevelation 5:14
And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Read in contextRevelation 4:4
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
Read in contextRevelation 7:11
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
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