Revelation 5:9

And they were singing a new canticle, saying: “O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language and people and nation.

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

8And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having stringed instruments, as well as golden bowls full of fragrances, which are the prayers of the saints.

10And you have made us into a kingdom and into priests for our God, and we shall reign over the earth.”

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Cross References

Psalms 40:3May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

Psalms 98:1A Psalm of David himself. The Lord has reigned: let the peoples be angry. He sits upon the cherubim: let the earth be moved.

Psalms 149:1Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the saints.

Daniel 3:4And a herald proclaimed loudly, “To you it is said, to you peoples, tribes, and languages,

Daniel 6:25Then king Darius wrote to all peoples, tribes, and languages dwelling in all the land. “May peace be increased with you.

Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many as a remission of sins.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:7-14

The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full… Read the whole commentary →

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