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Revelation 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.

KJV

καὶ ὅτε ἔλαβεν τὸ βιβλίον, τὰ τέσσερα ζῷα καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου, ἔχοντες ἕκαστος κιθάραν καὶ φιάλας χρυσᾶς γεμούσας θυμιαμάτων, αἵ εἰσιν αἱ προσευχαὶ τῶν ἁγίων.

Greek NT

Et cum aperuisset librum, quatuor animalia, et viginti quatuor seniores ceciderunt coram Agno, habentes singuli citharas, et phialas aureas plenas odoramentorum, quæ sunt orationes sanctorum :

Vulgate

And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

ASV

And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Symbols Incense

In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βιβλίον
biblion
noun · 32×
γέμω
gemo
verb · 11×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴκοσι
eikosi
adjective · 11×
ζῶον
zoon
noun · 23×
θυμίαμα
thumiama
noun · 6×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κιθάρα
kithara
noun · 4×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
φιάλη
phiale
noun · 12×
χρύσεος
chruseos
adjective · 18×
ἀρνίον
arnion
noun · 30×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 141:2 · echo
    "Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice."
    Psalm 141: prayers rising as incense — golden bowls of incense

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: αἱ | WH/Treg/NIV: αἱ
  • αἱSBLGNT
  • αἱWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

We believe the souls of the dead are either in a state of blessedness or of condemnation, according to what each hath wrought; for we confess that the souls of the righteous are in light and rest, with a foretaste of eternal happiness, while the souls of the wicked are in a state of punishment and suffering. But neither are the righteous in full possession of the reward promise…

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 5:13 — It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and
  • Acts 10:31 — And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
  • Eph 3:15 — Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
  • Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  • Heb 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
  • Isa 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glori
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
  • John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • John 17:10 — And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
  • Lev 9:24 — And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • Luke 4:7 — If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
  • Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
  • Mark 14:24 — And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
  • Matt 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
  • Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Ps 21:5 — His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
  • Ps 33:2 — Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
  • Ps 33:2 — Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
  • Ps 43:4 — Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
  • Ps 45:11 — So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
  • Ps 72:15 — And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
  • Ps 81:2 — Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
  • Ps 98:5 — Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
  • Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  • Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  • Ps 147:7 — Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
  • Ps 148:14 — He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Ps 150:3 — Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
  • 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 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
  • 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 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 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spir
  • Rev 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spir
  • 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.