The Lamb Takes the Scroll
Revelation 5:10
In 9 translations
- BSB
- You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”Or they will reign over; WH they reign upon
- KJV
- And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
- WEB
- and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.”
- ASV
- and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.
- LSV
- and made them [to be] to our God kings and priests, and they will reign on the earth.”
- YLT
- and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'
- DBY
- and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.Elohim
- DRC
- And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
- GNV
- And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read αὐτοὺς (“them”); Textus Receptus read ἡμᾶς (“us”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read βασιλείαν (“a kingdom”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read βασιλεῖς (“kings”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Byzantine text read βασιλεύσουσιν (“they will reign”); Textus Receptus read βασιλεύσομεν (“we will reign”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read βασιλεύουσιν (“they do reign”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: βασιλείαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read βασιλείαν; Robinson–Pierpont read βασιλεῖς.
- SBLGNT: βασιλεύουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read βασιλεύουσιν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read βασιλεύσουσιν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλείαν καὶ ἱερεῖς, καὶ βασιλεύουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλεῖς καὶ ἱερεῖς, καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐποίησας ἡμᾶς τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλεῖς καὶ ἱερεῖς, καὶ βασιλεύσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- SCR1894
- και εποιησας ημας τω θεω ημων βασιλεις και ιερεις και βασιλευσομεν επι της γης
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Daniel 7:27Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey…
- Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
- Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
- Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
- 1 Peter 2:5–9you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a…
- Exodus 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
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