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Revelation 19:5

in Revelation 19

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.

KJV

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

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This verse in Revelation 19

Commentary

11 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

And a voice came from the throne, saying: Praise our God, etc. When He commands this to be done and recalls it being done, He indicates the approved praise of the servants of the elect. He says, small and great, because the smallness of the …

This site's exposition

the twenty-four elders

on Revelation 19:4-6

The elders and living creatures, leading worship since chapter 4, fall down a final time with Amen and Hallelujah. A voice from the throne calls all His servants, small and great alike, to the same praise. The multitude gives the ground of it: the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

This site's exposition

small and great alike

The voice from the throne says our God, and Albert Barnes reasons from that pronoun that the speaker is one who worships God. He allows the Messiah only if He speaks as one with the redeemed church. The speaker stays unnamed.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:5 · Written before 560.

proposed

When [the voice] commands that this [praise] be done and then it is reported that [such praise] was given, it indicates that [God] has accepted the praise of his elect as pleasing, indeed, giving his approval to the praise that had been given and indicating …

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

"Praise our God," it says, "you small and you great"; for he calls small those greater in sanctification, and great those who reign.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:5 · Written before 614.

proposed

The throne of God is the seraphim and the cherubim. Whether these be great or small in their accomplishments, all are urged to praise God according to their abilities. However, I think that also those who are small in age and children who are not …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

God was praised before, for his judgment of the great whore, verses 1-4. chap. xix, 1-4 Now for that which follows it: for that the Lord God, the Almighty, takes the kingdom to himself, and avenges himself on the rest of his enemies. Were all these inhabitants of heaven mistaken? If not, there is real, yea, and terrible anger in God.

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3 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

And a voice came out of the throne - A voice seemed to come from the very midst of the throne. It is not said by whom this voice was uttered. It cannot be supposed, however, that it was uttered by God himself, for the command which it gave was this: “Praise our God,” etc. For the same reason it seems hardly probable that it was the voice of the Messiah, unless it be supposed that he here identifies himself with the redeemed church, and speaks of God as his God and hers.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

out of--Greek, "out from the throne" in A, B, C. Praise our God--Compare the solemn act of praise performed by the Levites, 1Ch 16:36; 23:5, especially when the house of God was filled with the divine glory (2Ch 5:13). both--omitted in A, B, C, Vulgate, Coptic, and Syriac.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Praise our God, etc. - Let all, whether redeemed from among Jews or Gentiles, give glory to God.

The words behind it

24 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.26 worksRevelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”12 worksPsalms 134:1Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!10 worksPsalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!8 worksPsalms 148:11–13kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,8 worksPsalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.8 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.8 worksPsalms 135:1Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,6 worksRevelation 7:15For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.6 worksLuke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.6 worksPsalms 103:20–22Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.5 worksPsalms 135:19–20O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;5 worksPsalms 22:23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!5 worksRevelation 13:16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,5 worksPsalms 115:11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.5 works1 Kings 8:40so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.4 worksDaniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,4 worksPsalms 118:4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”4 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 150:6

    Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 145:21

      My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

    • Revelation 5:13

      And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to…

    • Psalms 103:22

      Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

    • Psalms 145:10

      All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.

    • Psalms 148:7–11

      Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,

  • Through

    Psalms 135:1

    Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,

    it leads to

    • Psalms 96:1–4

      Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

  • Through

    Revelation 7:15

    For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 21:3–4

      And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…

  • Through

    Psalms 134:1

    Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 120:1

      In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

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About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:5; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Primasius of Hadrumetum, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:5.

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