The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
- BSB And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- NKJV And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- NASB And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- NLT The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him.
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- Rev 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
- Rev 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- Rev 7:11All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
- Rev 19:4The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
- Rev 5:14The four living creatures said, “Amen!” The elders fell down and worshiped.
- Rev 5:5–8One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
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