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Revelation 11:16

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11:16Then38 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground39 and worshiped God

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Footnotes

  1. 38 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  2. 39 Grk “they fell down on their faces.” πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The twenty-four elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God,

NLTNew Living Translation

The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,