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Revelation 4:11

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.

KJV

ἄξιος εἶ, ὁ κύριος καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, λαβεῖν τὴν δόξαν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν, ὅτι σὺ ἔκτισας τὰ πάντα, καὶ διὰ τὸ θέλημά σου ἦσαν καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.

Greek NT

Dignus es Domine Deus noster accipere gloriam, et honorem, et virtutem : quia tu creasti omnia, et propter voluntatem tuam erant, et creata sunt.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and power. Because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were and have been created.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κτίζω
ktizo
verb · 14×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
ἄξιος
axios
adjective · 41×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν | RP: + ὁ ἅγιος
  • ἡμῶνSBLGNT
  • ἡμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁ ἅγιοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: τὰ
  • τὰSBLGNT
  • τὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

§295We believe that God created the world according to his wisdom.141 It is not the product of any necessity whatever, nor of blind fate or chance. We believe that it proceeds from God's free will; he wanted to make his creatures share in his being, wisdom and goodness: "For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."142 Therefore the Psalmist exclaims:…
§662"and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."541 The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and announces his lifting up by his Ascension into heaven, and indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, "entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands. . . but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of …
§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…
…and 1 more from this source.
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:28 — Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
  • 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • 2Chr 2:12 — Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for t
  • 2Sam 22:4 — I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  • Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and
  • Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
  • Col 1:16 — 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 hi
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Eph 3:9 — And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 3:9 — And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
  • Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
  • Heb 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
  • Heb 1:10 — And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
  • Heb 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Heb 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
  • Isa 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
  • Isa 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.
  • Jer 10:11 — Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
  • Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Job 36:3 — I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
  • John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • John 1:3 — All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
  • Matt 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  • Neh 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, w
  • Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
  • Prov 16:4 — The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Prov 16:4 — The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Ps 18:3 — I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  • Ps 18:3 — I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  • Ps 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
  • Ps 29:1 — Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
  • Ps 33:9 — For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Ps 68:34 — Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
  • Ps 96:7 — Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.