Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
- BSB May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
- NKJV Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him.
- NASB And may all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.
- NLT All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.
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Quick answer
All kings will fall down before him and all nations will serve him.
Overview
The vision broadens to universal homage: every ruler and nation submitting to this king. Such comprehensive allegiance belongs ultimately to God's anointed. It is fulfilled in Christ, before whom all nations are called to bow and whom the redeemed of every people will serve (Revelation 7:9-10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- Rev 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Isa 49:22–23Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
- Rev 17:14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
- Rev 20:1–6And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
- Rev 21:26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
- Ps 138:4–5All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Rev 21:24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
- Isa 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isa 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
- Ps 2:10–12Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
- Rom 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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