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.
Revelation 4:11 in other translations
| BSB | “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.” |
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| WEB | “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.' |
| DARBY | Thou art worthy, O our Lord and ourGod, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created. |
| BBE | It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being. |
| Webster | Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. |
What does Revelation 4:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 4:9-11
9-11. The ground of praise here is God's eternity, and God's power and glory manifested in the creation of all things for His pleasure. Creation is the foundation of all God's other acts of power, wisdom, and love, and therefore forms the first theme of His creatures' thanksgivings. The four living creatures take the lead of the twenty-four elders, both in this anthem, and in that new song which follows on the…
Barnes' Notes
To receive glory. To have praise or glory ascribed to thee.
And honour. To be honoured; that is, to be approached and adored as worthy of honour.
And power. To have power ascribed to thee, or to be regarded as having infinite power. Man can confer no power on God, but he may acknowledge that which he has, and adore him for its exertion in his behalf and in the government of the world.
For thou hast created all things. Thus laying the foundation for praise. No one can contemplate this vast and wonderful universe without seeing that He who has made it is worthy to "receive glory and honour and power." Job 38:7.
And for thy pleasure they are. They exist by thy will--διατο θελημα. The meaning is, that they owe their existence to the will of God, and therefore their creation lays the foundation for praise. He "spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." He said, "Let there be light; and there was light." There is no other reason why the universe exists at all than that such was the will of God; there is nothing else that is to be adduced as explaining the fact that anything has now a being. The putting forth of that will explains all; and consequently whatever wisdom, power, goodness is manifested in the universe, is to be traced to God, and is the expression of what was in him from eternity. It is proper, then, to "look up through nature to nature's God," and wherever we see greatness or goodness in the works of creation to regard them as the faint expression of what exists essentially in the Creator.
And were created. Bringing more distinctly into notice the fact that they owe their existence to his will. They are not eternal; they are not self-existent; they were formed from nothing.
(d) "worthy" Rev 5:12 (e) "power" Col 1:16
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 4:9-11
All true believers wholly ascribe their redemption and conversion, their present privileges and future hopes, to the eternal and most holy God. Thus rise the for-ever harmonious, thankful songs of the redeemed in heaven. Would we on earth do like them, let our praises be constant, not interrupted; united, not divided; thankful, not cold and formal; humble, not self-confident.
Revelation 4:11 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Revelation 4:11
- Colossians 1:16-17
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 him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
- Revelation 5:12
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
- Isaiah 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.
- Proverbs 16:4
The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- Revelation 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 there should be time no longer:
- Revelation 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.
- Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
- Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
- Psalms 29:1-2
A Psalm of David. Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
- Hebrews 1:10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:2,9,12; 2Sa 22:4; Ps 18:3
to receive.
14:7; De 32:4; 1Ch 16:28,29; Ne 9:5; Job 36:3; Ps 29:1,2; 68:34
Ps 96:7,8
for thou.
10:6; Ge 1:1; Ex 20:11; Isa 40:26,28; Jer 10:11; 32:17; Joh 1:1-3
Ac 17:24; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2,10
and for.
Pr 16:4; Ro 11:36
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Context
- Revelation 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,
- 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.
Revelation 4:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Señor, digno eres de recibir gloria y honra y virtud: porque tú criaste todas las cosas, y por tu voluntad tienen ser y fueron criadas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu es digne, notre Seigneur et notre Dieu, de recevoir la gloire, et l’honneur, et la puissance; car c’est toi qui as créé toutes choses, et c’est à cause de ta volonté qu’elles étaient, et qu’elles furent créées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du bist würdig, o unser Herr und unser Gott, zu nehmen die Herrlichkeit und die Ehre und die Macht; denn du hast alle Dinge erschaffen, und deines Willens wegen waren sie und sind sie erschaffen worden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dignus es Domine Deus noster accipere gloriam, et honorem, et virtutem: quia tu creasti omnia, et propter voluntatem tuam erant, et creata sunt. |