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Revelation 11:16–17

16 And the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God fell down on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God All-Powerful,

the one who is and the one who was,

because you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign.

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Revelation 11:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

the One who is and who was,

because you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Revelation 11:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him. 17 And they said,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty,

the one who is and who always was,

for now you have assumed your great power

and have begun to reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,

The One who is and who was and who is to come,

Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

Revelation 11:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 Then the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, bowed down on their faces and worshiped God. 17 They said:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

because you have used your great power

and have begun to rule!

Revelation 11:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God, 17 saying,

We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, He who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned.

Revelation 11:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 Then the 24 leaders, who were sitting on their thrones in God’s presence, immediately bowed, worshiped God, 17 and said, 

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, 

who is and who was, 

because you have taken your great power 

and have begun ruling as king. 

Revelation 11:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 The 24 elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God, 17 saying:

We thank You, Lord God, the Almighty,

who is and who was,

because You have taken Your great power

and have begun to reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 singing,

“We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,

who are and who were,

for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.

Revelation 11:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 The 24 elders were sitting on their thrones in front of God. They fell on their faces and worshiped God. 17 They said,

“Lord God who rules over all, we give thanks to you.

You are the One who is and who was.

We give you thanks because you have taken your great power

and have begun to rule.

Revelation 11:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying,

We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.


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