Revelation 7:11

Praise and worship

⁹ After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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,

¹² saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

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: 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,
KJV: And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
WEB: All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
ASV: And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
DARBY: And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,
BLB: And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces and worshiped God,

ÅB: Og alle englene sto omkring tronen og om de eldste og om de fire livsvesener, og de falt ned for tronen på sitt åsyn og tilba Gud og sa:
OTB: Alle englene sto rundt tronen, de eldste og de fire livsvesenene; og de falt ned på ansiktet foran tronen og tilba Gud,
B1930: Og alle englene stod omkring tronen og om de eldste og om de fire livsvesener, og de falt ned for tronen på sitt åsyn og tilbad Gud og sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 5:11–13
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
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Revelation 19:4–6
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
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Revelation 4:6
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
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Revelation 4:10
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:
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Hebrews 1:6
And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
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Psalms 103:20–21
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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Revelation 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.
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Revelation 11:16
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
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