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Revelation 15:4

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Glorifying God;   God Continued...;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Praise;   Song;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Conversion;   Gentiles;   Glorifying God;   God;   God's;   Holiness;   Missions, World-Wide;   Universal;   Worship;   Worship, True and False;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Holiness;   Judges;   Manifestation;   Worship;   Wrath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fear, Godly;   Glorifying God;   Holiness of God, the;   Trinity, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   God;   Singing;   Type, typology;   Work;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Order;   Wisdom of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Holiness;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gentiles;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fear;   Holiness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Day of Christ;   God;   Holiness Purity;   Ordinance;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Saint;   9 Holy Pious;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glass, Sea of;   Moses, Song of;   Print;   Retribution;   Revelation of John:;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 19;   Every Day Light - Devotion for April 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, who will not fearand glorify your name?For you alone are holy.All the nations will comeand worship before youbecause your righteous actshave been revealed.
King James Version (1611)
Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name? for thou onely art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy iudgements are made manifest.
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.
New American Standard Bible
"Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, For Your righteous acts have been revealed."
New Century Version
Everyone will respect you, Lord, Jeremiah 10:7 and will honor you. Only you are holy. All the nations will come and worship you, Psalm 86:9–10 because the right things you have done are now made known." Deuteronomy 32:4
English Standard Version
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED."
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."
Contemporary English Version
Lord, who doesn't honor and praise your name? You alone are holy, and all nations will come and worship you, because you have shown that you judge with fairness."
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai , who will not fear and glorify your name? because you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed."
Darby Translation
Who shall not fear [thee], O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest.
Easy-to-Read Version
All people will fear you, O Lord. All people will praise your name. Only you are holy. All people will come and worship before you, because it is clear that you do what is right."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name! for thou onely art holy, and all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.
George Lamsa Translation
Who shall not fear you, O LORD, and glorify your name? For you only are holy: All nations shall come and worship before you; for your righteousness has been revealed.
Good News Translation
Who will not stand in awe of you, Lord? Who will refuse to declare your greatness? You alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship you, because your just actions are seen by all."
Lexham English Bible
Who would never fear, Lord, and glorify your name? For only you are holy, because all the nations will come and worship before you, because your righteous deeds have been revealed."
Literal Translation
Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You only are holy. For all the nations will come and will worship before You, because Your righteousnesses were made known.
Amplified Bible
"Who will not fear [reverently] and glorify Your name, O Lord [giving You honor and praise in worship]? For You alone are holy; For ALL THE NATIONS SHALL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS [Your just decrees and judgments] HAVE BEEN REVEALED and DISPLAYED."
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.
Bible in Basic English
What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
International Standard Version
Lord, who won't fear and praise your name?Exodus 15:14-16; Isaiah 66:22; Jeremiah 10:7;">[xr] For you alone are holy, and all the nations will come and worship you because your judgments have been revealed."
Etheridge Translation
4 Who shall not fear thee, Lord, And glorify thy name ? For thou only art [fn] and holy and just; Therefore all nations shall come And worship before thee; Because thy judgments are revealed.
Murdock Translation
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? Because thou only art holy and just: Because all nations shall come and worship before thee, since thy righteousnesses have been revealed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who shall not feare thee O Lorde, and glorifie thy name? for thou only art holy: And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee, for thy iudgemetes are made manifest.
English Revised 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.
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Who would not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art gracious: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy judgments are made manifest.
Weymouth's New Testament
Who shall not be afraid, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For Thou alone art holy. All nations shall come and shall worship Thee, because the righteousness of all that Thou hast done has been made manifest."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, who schal not drede thee, and magnyfie thi name? for thou aloone art merciful; for alle folkis schulen come, and worschipe in thi siyt, for thi domes ben open.
Update Bible Version
Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before you; for your righteous acts have been made manifest.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed."
New King James Version
Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested."
New Living Translation
Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed."
New Life Bible
Who will not honor You, Lord, with love and fear? Who will not tell of the greatness of Your name? For You are the only One Who is holy. All nations will come and worship before You. Everyone sees that You do the right things."
New Revised Standard
Lord, who will not fear and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your judgments have been revealed."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who shall in anywise not be put in fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name, - because, alone, full of lovingkindness; because, all the nations, will have come, and will do homage before thee, because, thy righteous deeds, were made manifest?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.
Revised Standard Version
Who shall not fear and glorify thy name, O Lord? For thou alone art holy. All nations shall come and worship thee, for thy judgments have been revealed."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Who shall not feare o lorde and gloryfy thy name? For thou only arte holy and all gentylls shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfeste.
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.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name? For thou only art holy, for all getiles shall come and worshippe before the, for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest.
Mace New Testament (1729)
who will not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: and all nations shall come to adore thee; because thy judgments have been display'd."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Who doesn't look at you with wonder? Who will say you are not great? You are the one, the only one who is true. All countries bow before you, because your good deeds are seen by all."

Contextual Overview

1 I saw another Sign in Heaven, huge and breathtaking: seven Angels with seven disasters. These are the final disasters, the wrap-up of God's wrath. 2I saw something like a sea made of glass, the glass all shot through with fire. Carrying harps of God, triumphant over the Beast, its image, and the number of its name, the saved ones stood on the sea of glass. They sang the Song of Moses, servant of God; they sang the Song of the Lamb: Mighty your acts and marvelous, O God, the Sovereign-Strong! Righteous your ways and true, King of the nations! Who can fail to fear you, God, give glory to your Name? Because you and you only are holy, all nations will come and worship you, because they see your judgments are right.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who: Exodus 15:14-16, Psalms 89:7, Isaiah 60:5, Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 10:7, Hosea 3:5, Luke 12:4, Luke 12:5

and glorify: Psalms 22:23, Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 24:15, Isaiah 25:3, Romans 15:9, 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12

thou only: Revelation 3:7, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 6:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, Psalms 22:3, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Psalms 111:9, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 57:15, Habakkuk 1:12, 1 Peter 1:16

for all: Revelation 11:15, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 86:9, Psalms 117:1-2, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 66:18-20, Isaiah 66:22, Jeremiah 16:19, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Zechariah 14:16, Malachi 1:11

for thy: Revelation 16:7, Revelation 19:2, Psalms 97:8, Psalms 105:7, Isaiah 26:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:4 - by great Exodus 15:11 - fearful Deuteronomy 32:4 - all his Deuteronomy 32:43 - avenge Judges 5:1 - Sang Deborah 1 Kings 8:40 - fear thee 2 Kings 4:1 - thy servant did fear 2 Kings 17:36 - him shall ye fear 1 Chronicles 16:25 - great 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid Job 13:11 - Shall Psalms 21:13 - so will Psalms 33:5 - He Psalms 33:8 - the earth Psalms 34:9 - fear Psalms 36:12 - There Psalms 46:10 - I will be Psalms 48:1 - greatly Psalms 48:11 - because Psalms 51:4 - when Psalms 52:6 - righteous Psalms 57:11 - General Psalms 65:5 - righteousness Psalms 66:4 - General Psalms 67:7 - all the Psalms 68:32 - ye kingdoms Psalms 72:17 - all nations Psalms 76:7 - even thou Psalms 94:15 - But Psalms 96:4 - he is Psalms 96:8 - the glory Psalms 98:1 - for he Psalms 99:3 - for it Psalms 101:1 - I will sing Psalms 105:2 - Sing unto Psalms 111:7 - works Psalms 119:137 - General Psalms 145:7 - sing Psalms 145:17 - righteous Psalms 150:2 - for his mighty Proverbs 29:16 - but Ecclesiastes 3:14 - God doeth it Isaiah 2:10 - for fear Isaiah 5:16 - God that is holy Isaiah 8:13 - and let him Isaiah 12:1 - O Lord Isaiah 29:23 - fear the God Isaiah 49:26 - and all Isaiah 52:10 - made Isaiah 66:23 - shall all Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Lamentations 1:18 - Lord Ezekiel 14:23 - that I have not Ezekiel 38:23 - and I Jonah 1:9 - and I Micah 4:1 - and people Habakkuk 2:14 - the earth Habakkuk 3:2 - I have Zechariah 8:22 - General Malachi 1:14 - my name Malachi 3:16 - that feared Mark 4:41 - feared Luke 1:49 - and Luke 11:2 - Hallowed Luke 13:9 - if not Luke 23:40 - Dost John 17:11 - Holy Acts 5:11 - General Acts 10:2 - one Romans 1:21 - they glorified Romans 2:2 - judgment Romans 9:14 - Is there unrighteousness 2 Thessalonians 1:5 - righteous 2 Thessalonians 1:6 - General Hebrews 12:28 - with reverence Revelation 4:10 - worship Revelation 7:11 - and worshipped Revelation 11:13 - gave Revelation 14:7 - Fear Revelation 19:10 - worship Revelation 22:9 - worship God

Cross-References

2 Samuel 7:12
God's Covenant with David Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent." Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you." But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God 's word on the matter: You're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?' "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God -of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth. And I'm going to set aside a place for my people Israel and plant them there so they'll have their own home and not be knocked around any more. Nor will evil men afflict you as they always have, even during the days I set judges over my people Israel. Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. "Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house! When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child, your own flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I'll firmly establish his rule. He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule permanently. I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him, as I removed it from Saul, who preceded you and whom I most certainly did remove. Your family and your kingdom are permanently secured. I'm keeping my eye on them! And your royal throne will always be there, rock solid." Nathan gave David a complete and accurate account of everything he heard and saw in the vision. King David went in, took his place before God , and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God , and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming, for you've also spoken of my family far into the future, given me a glimpse into tomorrow, my Master God ! What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God , just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it. "This is what makes you so great, Master God ! There is none like you, no God but you, nothing to compare with what we've heard with our own ears. And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt? You established for yourself a people—your very own Israel!—your people permanently. And you, God , became their God. "So now, great God , this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it permanently! Do exactly what you've promised! Then your reputation will flourish always as people exclaim, ‘The God -of-the-Angel-Armies is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will remain sure and solid in your watchful presence. For you, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God, told me plainly, ‘I will build you a house.' That's how I was able to find the courage to pray this prayer to you. "And now, Master God , being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me, please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You've already as much as said that you would, Master God ! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently!"
2 Samuel 16:11
"Besides," continued David to Abishai and the rest of his servants, "my own son, my flesh and bone, is right now trying to kill me; compared to that this Benjaminite is small potatoes. Don't bother with him; let him curse; he's preaching God 's word to me. And who knows, maybe God will see the trouble I'm in today and exchange the curses for something good."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord,.... At this time the people of the Jews shall seek after Christ, and fear him and his goodness; the forces of the Gentiles shall be brought into Zion, whose heart shall then fear, and be enlarged; the fear of the Lord will be in all places, and in all men, both Jews and Gentiles, Hosea 3:5

and glorify thy name? by ascribing all divine perfections to him, giving him divine worship and adoration, and attributing the whole of salvation to him, and the glory of all that is done for his church, and against its enemies:

for thou only art holy; not only perfectly holy, as man, but infinitely and essentially holy, as God, and the fountain of holiness to his people, as Mediator: this character seems to be given in opposition to antichrist, who arrogantly assumes the title of holiness to himself, when it only belongs to Christ.

For all nations shall come and worship before thee; the Gospel shall now be preached to all nations, and the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of it; the kingdoms of this world will become Christ's, and his kingdom shall be to the ends of the earth, and all people shall obey him: the words seem to be taken, with some other phrases before used, out of Psalms 86:8

for thy judgments are made manifest; or "thy justifications", or "righteousnesses"; the perfect righteousness of Christ, and the doctrine of justification by it, will now be most clearly revealed, and generally received, in opposition to the Popish doctrine of merits, works of supererogation, c. or the judgments of the King of saints upon antichrist, who will now avenge their blood, which he has shed see Revelation 17:1 and the justice and righteousness of his proceedings against the man of sin will be notorious and manifest to all, and be acknowledged, as in Revelation 16:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord - Reverence and adore thee; for the word “fear,” in the Scriptures, is commonly used in this sense when applied to God. The sense here is, that the judgments about to be inflicted on the beast and his image should and would teach people to reverence and adore God. There is, perhaps, included here also the idea of awe, inasmuch as this would be the effect of punishment.

And glorify thy name - Honor thee - the name being put for the person who bare it. The sense is, that, as a consequence of these judgments, men would be brought to honor God, and to acknowledge him as the Ruler of the earth.

For thou only art holy - That is, in these judgments he would show himself to be a holy God; a God hating sin, and loving righteousness and truth. When it is said that he “only” is holy, the expression is used, of course, in a comparative sense. He is so pure that it may be said that, in comparison with him, no one else is holy. Compare the notes on Job 4:18; Job 15:15.

For all nations shall come and worship before thee - That is, as the result of these punishments inflicted on this dread anti-Christian power, they shalt come and worship thee. Everywhere in the New Testament the destruction of that power is connected with the promise of the speedy conversion of the world.

For thy judgments are made manifest - To wit, on the beast. That formidable power is overthrown, and the grand hindrance to the universal spread of the true religion is now taken away. Compare the notes on Isaiah 26:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 15:4. Who shall not fear thee — That is, All should fear and worship this true God, because he is just and true and holy; and his saints should love and obey him, because he is their King; and they and all men should acknowledge his judgments, because they are made manifest.


 
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