Revelation 4:11 ““Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and powe…”

Revelation 4:11

“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 were created.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“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!”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receiue glory and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy wils sake they are, and haue beene created.

Darby Translation

Thou art worthy, O our Lord and [our] God, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“art”

Revelation 5:12 Revelation 5:9 Psalm 18:3 2 Samuel 22:4 Revelation 5:2

Revelation 5:12 · BSB

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Revelation 5:9 · BSB

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Psalm 18:3 · BSB

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:4 · BSB

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Revelation 5:2 · BSB

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

“to receive”

Revelation 14:7 Nehemiah 9:5 Job 36:3 Psalm 68:34 Deuteronomy 32:4 1 Chronicles 16:28

Revelation 14:7 · BSB

And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

Nehemiah 9:5 · BSB

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be e…

Job 36:3 · BSB

I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

Psalm 68:34 · BSB

Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.

Deuteronomy 32:4 · BSB

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

1 Chronicles 16:28 · BSB

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

“for thou”

Isaiah 40:28 John 1:1–3 Revelation 10:6 Hebrews 1:10 Genesis 1:1 Ephesians 3:9

Isaiah 40:28 · BSB

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

John 1:1–3 · BSB

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Revelation 10:6 · BSB

And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

Hebrews 1:10 · BSB

And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Genesis 1:1 · BSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Ephesians 3:9 · BSB

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

“and for”

Proverbs 16:4 Romans 11:36

Proverbs 16:4 · BSB

The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Romans 11:36 · BSB

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Also

Acts 14:15

Acts 14:15 · BSB

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in the…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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:

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