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Revelation 4:9

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

KJV

καὶ ὅταν δώσουσιν τὰ ζῷα δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ εὐχαριστίαν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ, τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων,

Greek NT

Et cum darent illa animalia gloriam, et honorem, et benedictionem sedenti super thronum, viventi in sæcula sæculorum,

Vulgate

And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,

ASV

And when those living creatures gave glory and honour and benediction to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐχαριστία
eucharistia
noun · 15×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
ζῶον
zoon
noun · 23×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: δώσουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: δώσουσιν | RP: δῶσιν
  • δώσουσινSBLGNT
  • δώσουσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δῶσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῷ θρόνῳ | Treg/NIV: τῷ θρόνῳ | WH/RP: τοῦ θρόνου
  • τῷ θρόνῳSBLGNT
  • τῷ θρόνῳTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοῦ θρόνουWestcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§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…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:29 — Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
  • 2Cor 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  • Dan 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
  • Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Eph 3:21 — Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
  • Jude 1:25 — To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
  • Phil 4:20 — Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Ps 47:8 — God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • 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 4:10 — 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 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
  • Rev 5:13 — And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto
  • 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 7:10 — And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
  • 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 10:5 — And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
  • Rev 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
  • Rev 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
  • Rev 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.
  • 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 21:5 — And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.