Revelation 4:11

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The 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.

In Context

10The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on the throne, and adored him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Deuteronomy 32:4The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.

1 Chronicles 16:28Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations: bring ye to the Lord glory and empire.

Job 36:3I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.

Psalms 29:1A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.

Psalms 96:7Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour:

Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:2-11

The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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