Revelation 15:3 BSB

Revelation 15:3

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

BSB

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ASV

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.

KJV

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

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Commentary

5 voices

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 15:3-4 (614)

From the song of Moses we learn the hymn sent up to God by those who were justified by the law before [the coming of] grace. From the song of the Lamb we learn the thanksgiving of those who lived in holiness after the coming …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,.... Not that in Deu 32:1 but that in Exo 15:1 and the sense is, either that they observed the law of Moses, which he as a servant in the Lord's house faithfully delivered, and kept it distinct from the Gospel, and did not blend them together, as in the times before; or rather, that they sung a song like that of Moses, and on a like occasion.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Accordingly in Psalm cxxxvi, 1-26., that clause, "For his mercy endureth forever," is subjoined to the thanksgiving for his works of vengeance as well as for his delivering the righteous. For all the nations shall come and worship before thee - They shall serve thee as their king with joyful reverence. This is a glorious testimony of the future conversion of all the heathens.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 136: “Israel in Egypt” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1857)

AT THE OUTSET, let us remark the carefulness of the Holy Spirit in guarding the honor of our blessed Lord. This verse is often quoted as if it runs thus—“They sang the song of Moses and the Lamb.” This mistake has led many weak minds to wonder at the expression, for they have imagined that it divided the honor of the song of heaven between Moses and the Redeemer. The clause—“the servant of God”—is doubtless inserted by the Holy Spirit to prevent any error upon this point, and therefore it should be carefully included in the quotation.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ᾄδουσιν	adousin	they are singing	G103 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ᾠδὴν	ōdēn	song	G5603 →
Μωϋσέως	Mōuseōs	of Moses	G3475 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
δούλου	doulou	servant	G1401 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ᾠδὴν	ōdēn	song	G5603 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀρνίου	arniou	Lamb	G721 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying:	G3004 →
μεγάλα	megala	Great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
θαυμαστὰ	thaumasta	wonderful [are]	G2298 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔργα	erga	works	G2041 →
σου,	sou	of You,	G4771 →
κύριε	kurie	Lord	G2962 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
παντοκράτωρ.	pantokratōr	Almighty!	G3841 →
δίκαιαι	dikaiai	Righteous	G1342 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀληθιναὶ	alēthinai	true [are]	G228 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
ὁδοί	hodoi	ways	G3598 →
σου,	sou	of You,	G4771 →
ὁ	ho	O	G3588 →
βασιλεὺς	basileus	King	G935 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἐθνῶν.	ethnōn	nations!	G1484 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 139:14
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
leads to
- Psalms 104:24
  How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 1:26–27
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- Psalms 111:2
  Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Psalms 92:4–5
  For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
- Psalms 40:5
  Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
Through
Psalms 111:2
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
leads to
- Proverbs 24:14
  Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
- Psalms 139:14
  I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
Through
Psalms 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:4
  He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

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Where the connections lead

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