Revelation 5:10
And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:6And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. Those are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
Daniel 7:27And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings shall serve him, and shall obey him.
Revelation 1:6And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father, to him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 22:5And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten them, and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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 →