Revelation 5:10
“And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth.”
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Revelation 5:10 Context
8And when he had taken the booke, the foure Beasts, and foure and twenty Elders fel down before the Lambe, hauing euery one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of Saints. 9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the Booke, and to open the seales thereof: for thou wast slaine, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of euery kinred, and tongue, and people, and nation: 10And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth. 11And I beheld, and I heard the voyce of many Angels, round about the Throne, and the beasts and the Elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times tenne thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12Saying with a lowd voice, Worthy is the Lambe that was slaine, to receiue power, and riches, and wisedome, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
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Other Translations for Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
- King James Version
"You have made them {to be} a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and madest them `to be' unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.
- Basic English Bible
and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.
- Darby Bible
And hast made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
- Webster's Bible
And hast formed them into a Kingdom to be priests to our God, And they reign over the earth."
- Weymouth Bible
and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."
- World English Bible
and madist vs a kyngdom, and prestis to oure God; and we schulen regne on erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Revelation 5:10
5:10 And hast made them - The redeemed. So they speak of themselves also in the third person, out of deep self - abasement. They shall reign over the earth - The new earth: herewith agree the golden crowns of the elders. The reign of the saints in general follows, under the trumpet of the seventh angel; particularly after the first resurrection, as also in eternity, #Rev 11:18|;15:7;20:4;22:5;Dan 7:27;Psa 49:14.
People's Bible Notes for Revelation 5:10
Re 5:10 And hast made us. "Hast made them" (Revised Version). Not "us", as in the Common Version. Kings and priests. A kingdom and priests. See PNT "Re 1:6". And we shall reign on the earth. "And they reign upon the earth" (Revised Version). Not "we", as in the Common Version. As coadjutors of Christ. See PNT "Re 2:10".