REV 11:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) saying,
⇔ “Yahweh, God, ruler of everything, we thank you,
⇔ the one who always existed,
⇔ and who exists now.
⇔ You have taken your incredible power
⇔ and have started to reign.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT saying,
⇔  “We give thanks to you, Lord God, Ruler of All, the one being and the one having been,
⇔  because indeed you have taken your great power and have reigned. [fn]

Some copies read the ruler over all, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, but most modern versions do not.

UST They said:
⇔ “Lord God, you are the one who rules over everything!
⇔ You are the one who exists now!
⇔ You are the one who has always existed!
⇔ We thank you that you have so powerfully defeated
⇔ everyone who has rebelled against you,
⇔ and you now rule over all the people in the world.

BSB saying:
⇔ “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty,
⇔ the [One who] is and who was,[fn]
⇔ because You have taken Your great power
⇔ and have begun to reign.

MSB saying:
⇔ “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty,
⇔ the [One who] is and who was,[fn]
⇔ because You have taken Your great power
⇔ and have begun to reign.

11:17 GOC, F35, and TR include and who is to come.

BLB saying: "We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One being and who was, that You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

AICNT saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, [[and who comes]][fn] for you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.

11:17, and who comes: Later manuscripts add. TR

OEB saying –
⇔ “We thank you, Lord, our God, the Almighty, who is and who was, that you have assumed your great power and reigned.

WEBBE saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was,[fn] because you have taken your great power and reigned.

11:17 TR adds “and who is coming”

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET with these words:
⇔ “We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful,
⇔ the one who is and who was,
⇔ because you have taken your great power
⇔ and begun to reign.

LSV saying, “We give thanks to You, O LORD God, the Almighty, who is, and who was, and who is coming, because You have taken Your great power and reigned;

FBV They said, “We thank you, Lord God, the All-powerful One, who is and was, because you have taken up your great power and have asserted your rule.”

TCNT saying,
⇔ “We give thanks to yoʋ, O Lord God, the Almighty,
⇔ who is and who [fn]was,
⇔ because yoʋ have taken yoʋr great power
⇔ and begun to reign.

11:17 was 𝔐^A+,K [66.7%] ¦ was and who is to come 𝔐^A−,C ANT PCK TR [30.1%]

T4T They said:
⇔ Lord God, you are the Almighty One!
⇔ You are the one who exists now!
⇔ You are the one who has always existed!
⇔ We thank you that you have defeated by your power everyone who has rebelled against you,
⇔ and you now rule over everyone in the world.

LEB 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.

BBE We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.

Moff saying,
⇔ "We thank thee, Lord God almighty, who art and wast,
⇔ that thou hast assumed thy great power and begun to reign;

Wymth saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Ruler of all, Who art and wast, because Thou hast exerted Thy power, Thy great power, and hast become King.

ASV 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.

DRA We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art, and who wast, and who art to come: because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and thou hast reigned.

YLT saying, 'We give thanks to Thee, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art, and who wast, and who art coming, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and didst reign;

Drby saying, We give thee thanks, Lord [fn]God Almighty, [He] who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned.

11.17 Elohim

RV saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, which art and which wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign.
(saying, We give thee/you thanks, Oh Lord God, the Almighty, which art and which wast; because thou/you hast taken thy/your great power, and didst/did reign. )

SLT Saying, We return thanks to thee, O Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, who being, and who was, and who coming; for thou hast taken thy great power, and reigned.

Wbstr Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

KJB-1769 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.
(Saying, We give thee/you thanks, Oh Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou/you hast taken to thee/you thy/your great power, and hast reigned. )

KJB-1611 Saying, Wee giue thee thankes, O Lord God Almightie, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Saying: we geue thee thankes, O Lorde God almyghtie, which art, and wast, and art to come: for thou hast receaued thy great myght, & hast raigned.
(Saying: we give thee/you thanks, Oh Lord God almyghtie, which art, and wast, and art to come: for thou/you hast received thy/your great might, and hast reigned.)

Gnva Saying, We giue thee thankes, Lord God almightie, Which art, and Which wast, and Which art to come: for thou hast receiued thy great might, and hast obteined thy kingdome.
(Saying, We give thee/you thanks, Lord God almighty, Which art, and Which wast, and Which art to come: for thou/you hast received thy/your great might, and hast obtained thy/your kingdom. )

Cvdl sayenge: we geue the thankes LORDE God allmyghte: which art and wast, and art to come, for thou hast receaued thy greate might, and hast raygned.
(saying: we give the thanks LORD God allmyghte: which art and wast, and art to come, for thou/you hast received thy/your great might, and hast raygned.)

TNT sayinge: we geve the thankes lorde God allmyghte: which arte and wast and arte to come for thou haste receaved thy great myght and hast raygned.
(saying: we give the thanks lord God allmyghte: which art and wast and art to come for thou/you haste received thy/your great might and hast raygned. )

Wycl and seiden, We don thankyngis to thee, Lord God almyyti, which art, and which were, and which art to comynge; which hast takun thi greet vertu, and hast regned.
(and said, We done thankings to thee/you, Lord God almighty, which art, and which were, and which art to coming; which hast taken thy/your great virtue, and hast reigned.)

Luth Und sprachen: Wir danken dir, HErr, allmächtiger GOtt, der du bist und warst und künftig bist, daß du hast angenommen deine große Kraft und herrschest.
(And said: We thank you/to_you(sg), LORD, almightyr God, the/of_the you(sg) are and warst and future are, that you(sg) have assumed your large strength/power and reign.)

ClVg Gratias agimus tibi, Domine Deus omnipotens, qui es, et qui eras, et qui venturus es: quia accepisti virtutem tuam magnam, et regnasti.
(Graces we_are_doing to_you, Master God omnipotent, who/which you_are, and who/which eras, and who/which coming you_are: because accepisti virtue your(sg) great, and kingdomssti. )

UGNT λέγοντες, εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός ὁ Παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ὢν, καὶ ὁ ἦν, καὶ ὅτι εἴληφας τὴν δύναμίν σου τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἐβασίλευσας.
(legontes, euⱪaristoumen soi, Kurie ho Theos ho Pantokratōr, ho ōn, kai ho aʸn, kai hoti eilaʸfas taʸn dunamin sou taʸn megalaʸn, kai ebasileusas.)

SBL-GNT λέγοντες· Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, κύριε, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν, ὅτι εἴληφας τὴν δύναμίν σου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐβασίλευσας.
(legontes; Euⱪaristoumen soi, kurie, ho theos, ho pantokratōr, ho ōn kai ho aʸn, hoti eilaʸfas taʸn dunamin sou taʸn megalaʸn kai ebasileusas.)

RP-GNT λέγοντες, Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, κύριε ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν, ὅτι εἴληφας τὴν δύναμίν σου τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἐβασίλευσας.
(legontes, Euⱪaristoumen soi, kurie ho theos ho pantokratōr, ho ōn kai ho aʸn, hoti eilaʸfas taʸn dunamin sou taʸn megalaʸn, kai ebasileusas.)

TC-GNT λέγοντες,
⇔ Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ,
⇔ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ [fn]ἦν,
⇔ ὅτι [fn]εἴληφας τὴν δύναμίν σου τὴν μεγάλην
⇔ καὶ ἐβασίλευσας.
(legontes,
⇔ Euⱪaristoumen soi, Kurie ho Theos ho pantokratōr,
⇔ ho ōn kai ho aʸn,
⇔ hoti eilaʸfas taʸn dunamin sou taʸn megalaʸn
⇔ kai ebasileusas. )

11:17 ην 𝔐^A+,K [66.7%] ¦ ην και ο ερχομενος 𝔐^A−,C ANT PCK TR [30.1%]

11:17 ειληφας 𝔐^A,C,K [99.1%] ¦ ειληφες WH [0.5%]

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:15–19: The angel blew the seventh trumpet

In this section, the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Then voices in heaven announced that God and Jesus now rule over the whole world. The voices also announced that God would soon judge all people. He would reward believers but punish those destroying the earth. John also saw God’s temple in heaven opened and the ark of the covenant inside it.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The seventh angel and his trumpet

The seventh trumpet sounded/blew

11:17a

saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was,

with these words: “Lord God Almighty, the one who is and was, we^(excl) thank you,
Revering him they said, “Lord God, the all-powerful one who exists now, and who has always existed! We thank you

saying: What the elders said was part of their worship (11:16b). For example:

with these words: (NET)

In some languages it is more natural to begin a new sentence here. If that is true in your language, indicate that 11:17–18 is a part of the worship. For example:

In worship they said

We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was: There is a textual issue in 11:17a: (1) Some early Greek manuscripts have the phrase the one who is and who was (BSB, RSV, NIV, GNT, NJB, NASB, NLT, GW, CEV, NET, NABRE, REB, ESV, NCV). (2) Some later Greek manuscripts have the phrase the one who is and who was and who is to come (KJV only). It is recommended that you follow option (1), because the UBS Greek NT recommends it. Both the Greek and the BSB indicate first that the speakers begin to give thanks. The direct address and the descriptive phrase is in the middle of the spoken words.

In some languages it is more natural to have the direct address and the descriptive phrase first. For example:

Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, we give thanks to you

Almighty: This word is a title which means, “the one with the power to do anything.” For example:

the All-Powerful (NET)

See how you translated this word in 1:8 or 4:8.

the One who is and who was: The elders spoke these words as a title for God. It indicates that God is eternal. Other ways to translate these words are:

the One who is and was

him who exists and who always existed

11:17b

because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

because you have taken your great power and have begun ruling as king.
because you have used your great power and have begun to rule! (NCV)

You have taken Your great power: This clause indicates that God began to use his great power, probably in a new way. Those powers are described in the chapters of Revelation. Other ways to translate this clause are:

you have used your great power (NCV)

you have shown/exercised your great power

you have acted/worked very powerfully

have begun to reign: God has always reigned, but this clause refers to reigning in a new way. Other ways to translate this clause are:

have…entered upon your reign (REB)

have begun ruling as king (GW)

Parallel REV 11:17

Section 11:15–19: The angel blew the seventh trumpet

11:17a

11:17b