“And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.”
King James Version (KJV)
5:12 Worthy is the Lamb - The elders said, #Rev 5:9|, Worthy art thou. They were more nearly allied to him than the angels. To receive the power, &c. - This sevenfold applause answers the seven seals, of which the four former describe all visible, the latter all invisible, things, made subject to the Lamb. And every one of these seven words bears a resemblance to the seal which it answers.
5:13 And every creature - In the whole universe, good or bad. In the heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea - With these four regions of the world, agrees the fourfold word of praise. What is in heaven, says blessing; what is on earth, honour; what is under the earth, glory: what is on the sea, strength; is unto him. This praise from all creatures begins before the opening of the first seal; but it continues from that time to eternity, according to the capacity of each. His enemies must acknowledge his glory; but those in heaven say, Blessed be God and the Lamb. This royal manifesto is, as it were, a proclamation, showing how Christ fulfils all things, and every knee bows to him, not only on earth, but also in heaven, and under the earth. This book exhausts all things, #1Cor 15:27|,28, and is suitable to an heart enlarged as the sand of the sea. It inspires the attentive and intelligent reader with such a magnanimity, that he accounts nothing in this world great; no, not the whole frame of visible nature, compared to the immense greatness of what he is here called to behold, yea, and in part, to inherit. St. John has in view, through the whole following vision, what he has been now describing, namely, the four living creatures, the elders, the angels, and all creatures, looking together at the opening of the seven seals.
Re 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. They, then, though they may be in sympathy with, are different from the animated creation. Four orders join in these honors to the Lamb: (1) The Living Creatures, the Cherubim; (2) the Twenty-four Elders; (3) the Angels; (4) all Animate Creation.
And the foure beasts said, Amen. And the foure and twenty Elders fell downe and worshipped him that liueth for euer and euer.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen. And the elders fell down and worshiped."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
- Basic English Bible
And the four living creatures said, Amen; and the elders fell down and did homage.
- Darby Bible
And the four living beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth for ever and ever.
- Webster's Bible
Then the four living creatures said "Amen," and the Elders fell down and worshipped.
- Weymouth Bible
The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.
- World English Bible
And the foure beestis seiden, Amen. And the foure and twenti eldre men fellen doun on her faces, and worschipiden hym that lyueth in to worldis of worldis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the four living creatures said, `Amen!' and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.
- Youngs Literal Bible