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Revelation 19:4

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

KJV

καὶ ἔπεσαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες καὶ τὰ τέσσερα ζῷα, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ θεῷ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ, λέγοντες, ἀμήν, ἁλληλουϊά.

Greek NT

Et ceciderunt seniores viginti quatuor, et quatuor animalia, et adoraverunt Deum sedentem super thronum, dicentes : Amen : alleluja.

Vulgate

And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.

ASV

And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen. Alleluia.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἴκοσι
eikosi
adjective · 11×
ζῶον
zoon
noun · 23×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
ἀλληλουϊα
allelouia
hebrew_word · 4×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τῷ θρόνῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: τῷ θρόνῳ | RP: τοῦ θρόνου
  • τῷ θρόνῳSBLGNT
  • τῷ θρόνῳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοῦ θρόνουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§677The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection.578 The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven.579 God's t…
§2642The Revelation of "what must soon take place," the Apocalypse, is borne along by the songs of the heavenly liturgy127 but also by the intercession of the "witnesses" (martyrs).128 The prophets and the saints, all those who were slain on earth for their witness to Jesus, the vast throng of those who, having come through the great tribulation, have gone before us into the Kingdom…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:36 — Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
  • Eph 1:10 — That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
  • Jer 28:6 — Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from
  • Luke 17:16 — And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
  • Matt 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
  • Neh 5:13 — Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,
  • Neh 8:6 — And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
  • Ps 41:13 — Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
  • Ps 72:19 — And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
  • Ps 89:52 — Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
  • Ps 106:48 — Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Rev 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
  • Rev 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
  • Rev 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
  • Rev 4:6 — And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
  • Rev 4:10 — 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,
  • Rev 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
  • Rev 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
  • Rev 5:14 — And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
  • Rev 5:14 — And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
  • Rev 7:11 — 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,
  • Rev 7:12 — Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Rev 11:16 — And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
  • Rev 15:7 — And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
  • Rev 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: