The Seventh Trumpet
Revelation 11:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- KJV
- And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
- WEB
- The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- ASV
- And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,
- LSV
- And the twenty-four elders, who are sitting on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- YLT
- and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,
- DBY
- And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,ElohimElohim
- DRC
- And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:
- GNV
- Then the foure and twentie Elders, which sate before God on their seates, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped God,
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include τοῦ θρόνου (“the throne [of]”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read καθήμενοι (“sitting”); Tyndale House, Tregelles read κάθηνται (“sits”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles include οἳ (“who”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: θεοῦ καθήμενοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θεοῦ καθήμενοι; Tregelles read θεοῦ οἳ κάθηνται; Robinson–Pierpont read θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ καθήμενοι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι οἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καθήμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους αὐτῶν ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ θεῷ,
- RP2018
- Καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι οἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ καθήμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους αὐτῶν, ἔπεσον ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ θεῷ,
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι καὶ τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι οἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καθήμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους αὐτῶν, ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ Θεῷ,
- SCR1894
- και οι εικοσι και τεσσαρες πρεσβυτεροι οι ενωπιον του θεου καθημενοι επι τους θρονους αυτων επεσαν επι τα προσωπα αυτων και προσεκυνησαν τω θεω
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
- Revelation 4:10the 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:
- Revelation 7:11And 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,
- Revelation 19:4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
- Revelation 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
- Revelation 5:5–8Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain,…
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