KJV King James Version
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
WEB World English Bible
Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
ASV American Standard Version
Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone art kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.’
Surrounding context — Revelation 15
1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τίςG5101 · tiswhich?οὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotφοβηθῇG5399 · phobeōto fearκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodκαὶG2532 · kaiandδοξάσειG1392 · doxazōto glorifyτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄνομάG3686 · onomanameσου;G4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatμόνοςG3441 · monosaloneὅσιος,G3741 · hosiossacredὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatπάνταG3956 · pasallτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔθνηG1484 · ethnosGentilesἥξουσινG2240 · hēkōto come/be presentκαὶG2532 · kaiandπροσκυνήσουσινG4352 · proskuneōto worshipἐνώπιόνG1799 · enōpionbeforeσου,G4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoδικαιώματάG1345 · dikaiōmarighteous actσουG4771 · suyouἐφανερώθησαν.¶G5319 · phaneroōto reveal
Cross-references
Psalm 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.Malachi 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.Psalm 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.Revelation 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.Revelation 14:7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.Isaiah 66:22-23For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.Isaiah 25:3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.Zechariah 14:16And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.1 Peter 1:16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Zechariah 2:11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.Revelation 16:7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Isaiah 66:18-20For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.Revelation 19:2For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.Psalm 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
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