Revelation 4:11

Praise and worship Creation God's power and sovereignty

⁹ And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

¹⁰ 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,

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.

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 by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
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Revelation 5:12
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
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Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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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 sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
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Revelation 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
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Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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