Revelation 4:11

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““Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.””

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BSBPD

““Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 4:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  2. Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  4. 2 Samuel 22:4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
  5. 1 Chronicles 16:28Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  6. Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
  7. Job 36:3I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
  8. Psalms 18:3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
  9. Psalms 29:1Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  10. Psalms 68:34Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
  11. Psalms 96:7Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  12. Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  13. Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
  14. Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  15. Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
  16. Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  17. John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  18. Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  19. Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  20. Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
  21. Ephesians 3:9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
  22. Colossians 1:16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
  23. Hebrews 1:2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
  24. Hebrews 1:10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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