And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
- BSB And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- NKJV And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
- NASB And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
- NLT Praise his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!
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Quick answer
It blesses God's glorious name forever and prays that the whole earth be filled with his glory, sealed with 'Amen and amen.'
Overview
The doxology reaches its height in a prayer that God's glory fill the entire earth. This longing runs throughout Scripture as God's ultimate purpose for creation. It will be fulfilled when the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord's glory through Christ's universal reign (Habakkuk 2:14; Numbers 14:21).
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 14:21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
- Matt 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Ps 41:13Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
- Hab 2:14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Rev 5:13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
- Isa 6:3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- 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.
- Rev 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
- Ps 89:52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
- Neh 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Zech 14:9And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
- Rev 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Jer 28:6Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
- Num 5:22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
- 1 Kgs 1:36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
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