Revelation 5:14
New International Version
The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

New Living Translation
And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

English Standard Version
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Berean Standard Bible
And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Berean Literal Bible
And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.

King James Bible
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

New King James Version
Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

New American Standard Bible
And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

NASB 1995
And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

NASB 1977
And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

Amplified Bible
And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped [Him who lives forever and ever].

Christian Standard Bible
The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

American Standard Version
And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when The Four Beasts said, “Amen”, The Elders fell down and worshiped.

Contemporary English Version
The four living creatures said "Amen," while the elders knelt down and worshiped.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty ancients fell down on their faces, and adored him that liveth for ever and ever.

English Revised Version
And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The four living creatures said, "Amen!" Then the leaders bowed and worshiped.

Good News Translation
The four living creatures answered, "Amen!" And the elders fell down and worshiped.

International Standard Version
Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!", and the elders bowed down and worshipped.

Literal Standard Version
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and they worship Him who is living through the ages of the ages.

Majority Standard Bible
And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped [[Him who lives forever and ever]].

New American Bible
The four living creatures answered, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

NET Bible
And the four living creatures were saying "Amen," and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.

New Revised Standard Version
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

New Heart English Bible
The four living creatures were saying, "Amen." The elders fell down and worshiped.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the four living beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth for ever and ever.

Weymouth New Testament
Then the four living creatures said "Amen," and the Elders fell down and worshipped.

World English Bible
The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Lamb Exalted
13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!” 14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:16
Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Revelation 4:4
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:6
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

Revelation 4:10
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Revelation 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.


Treasury of Scripture

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that lives for ever and ever.

the four.

Revelation 19:4
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

And the four and.

Revelation 4:9-11
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, …

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Revelation 5
1. The book sealed with seven seals,
9. which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open.
12. Therefore the elders praise him, and confess that he redeemed them with his blood.














(14) And the four beasts . . .--Better, And the four living beings said, Amen (or, the Amen). And the elders (omit "four and twenty") fell down and worshipped. The remaining words of this verse are wanting in some of the best MSS., and they spoil thegraphic force of the description. The "Amen" rises from universal nature; the Church of Christ falls down in silent adoration. Thought and feeling assert themselves above all language. There are times when silence is the most eloquent applause; there are times when it is also the most real worship. "Let thy prayers be without words, rather than thy words, without prayer" was a wise precept of an old divine. An English and an Italian poet have given expression to the same feeling of the weakness of words. "O speech !" sang Dante, when telling his final vision--

"How feeble and how faint art thou to give

Conception birth."

--Parad. xxxiii.

Thomson takes refuge in silence from the overwhelming thoughts of the divine glory:--

"I lose

Myself in Him, in light ineffable.

Come, then, expressive silence, muse His praise."

Here the inspired seer describes the chorus of praise as dying into a silence born of awe and gratefulness and love.

Verse 14. - And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth forever and ever. (On the signification of the four beasts as representative of creation, and the four-and-twenty elders as typical of the Church, see on Revelation 4:4 and 6.) Three stages are marked in the hymn of adoration before this concluding verse:

(1) the four living beings and the four and twenty elders worship the Lamb, and commemorate their redemption by him; they are able to sing "a new song" - the song of the redeemed;

(2) the angels join in the worship of the Lamb, ascribing to him the consummation of all perfection;

(3) then all created things praise God and the Lamb. In conclusion, the representatives of redeemed creation once more join in the eucharistic hymn, and prostrate themselves in worship before the Triune God. This forms the end of one act of the heavenly drama. The opening of the seals now follows, and a description of the attendant circumstances is given. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

four
τέσσαρα (tessara)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four.

living creatures
ζῷα (zōa)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2226: An animal, living creature. Neuter of a derivative of zao; a live thing, i.e. An animal.

said,
ἔλεγον (elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Amen,”
Ἀμήν (Amēn)
Hebrew Word
Strong's 281: Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

elders
πρεσβύτεροι (presbyteroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'.

fell down
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

worshiped.
προσεκύνησαν (prosekynēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4352: From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.


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