Revelation 4:11

Praise and worship Creation God's power and sovereignty

⁹ And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰ 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:

“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.

Compare

BSB: “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.”
KJV: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
WEB: “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
ASV: Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
DARBY: Thou art worthy, O our Lord and [our] God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.
BLB: “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they existed and were created.”

ÅB: Verdig er du, vår Herre og Gud, til å få prisen og æren og makten; for du har skapt alle ting, og fordi du ville, var de til og ble de skapt!
OTB: “Du er verdig, vår Herre og Gud,
til å motta ære, heder og makt,
for du skapte alle ting,
og ved din vilje eksisterte de og ble skapt.”
B1930: Verdig er du, vår Herre og Gud, til å få prisen og æren og makten; for du har skapt alle ting, og fordi du vilde, var de til og blev de skapt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Colossians 1:16–17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
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Revelation 5:12
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
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Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
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Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
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John 1:1–3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Revelation 10:6
And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!
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Revelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
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Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
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