REV 7:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) That’s why they’re here in front of God’s throne, and they worship him day and night in his temple, and the one sitting on the throne will extend his protection over them.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 Because of this they are before the throne of God,
⇔  and they worship him day and night in his temple.
⇔  And the one sitting on the throne will dwell with them.

UST Therefore, they remain in front of God’s throne. They worship God inside his temple without stopping. God, the one who rules from the throne in heaven, will protect them.

BLB Because of this, 'They are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One sitting on the throne will tabernacle over them.

AICNT For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over[fn] them.

7:15, spread his tabernacle over: Or “shelter.”

OEB And therefore it is that they are before the throne of God, and are serving him day and night in his Temple; and he who is seated on the throne will shelter them.

2DT Because this is true: they are before God’s Throne, they venerate him day and night in his sanctuary, the one sitting on the Throne pitches a tent over them.

WEBBE Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.

LSV because of this they are before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His temple, and He who is sitting on the throne will dwell over them;

FBV That's why they can stand in front of God's throne, and they serve him day and night in his Temple. The one who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.[fn]

7:15 “Protect with his presence”: literally, “tents among them,” using the same word for Jesus' coming in John 1:14.

TCNT ⇔ Therefore they are before the throne of God,
⇔ and they serve him day and night in his temple,
⇔ and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

T4T Because of this, they are in front of God’s throne, and they serve him day and night in his heavenly temple. God, the one who sits on the throne, will shelter/protect them [MTY].

LEB • Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serve[fn] him day and night in his temple,
• and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter[fn] them.

7:14 Or “worship”

7:14 Literally “will take up residence over”

BBE This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

Moff Therefore they are now before the throne of God,
⇔ serving him day and night within his temple.
⇔ and he who is seated on the throne shall overshadow them.

Wymth For this reason they stand before the very throne of God, and render Him service, day after day and night after night, in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne will shelter them in His tent.

ASV Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

DRA Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he, that sitteth on the throne, shall dwell over them.

YLT because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;

Drby Therefore are they before the throne of [fn]God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits upon the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

7.15 Elohim

RV Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.
(Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth/sits on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. )

SLT Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he sitting upon the throne will dwell among them.

Wbstr Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne will dwell among them.

KJB-1769 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
(Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth/sits on the throne shall dwell among them. )

KJB-1611 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serue him day and night in his Temple: and hee that sitteth on the Throne shal dwell among them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them.
(Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth/sits in the throne, will dwell among them.)

Gnva Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue him day and night in his Temple, and he that sitteth on the throne, wil dwell among them.
(Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his Temple, and he that sitteth/sits on the throne, will dwell among them. )

Cvdl therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serue him daye and night in his temple, and he that sytteth in the seate, wyll dwell amonge them.
(therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth/sits in the seat, will dwell among them.)

TNT therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serve him daye and nyght in hys temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them.
(therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth/sits in the seat will dwell among them. )

Wycl Therfor thei ben bifor the trone of God, and seruen to hym dai and niyt, in his temple. And he that sittith in the trone, dwellith on hem.
(Therefore they been before the throne of God, and seruen to him day and night, in his temple. And he that sitteth/sits in the throne, dwelleth/dwells on hem.)

Luth Darum sind sie vor dem Stuhl Gottes und dienen ihm Tag und Nacht in seinem Tempel. Und der auf dem Stuhl sitzt, wird über ihnen wohnen.
(Therefore are they/she/them before/in_front_of to_him chair/stool God’s and serve/be_of_service him day and night in his temple. And the/of_the on/in/to to_him chair/stool sits, becomes above to_them live/reside.)

ClVg Ideo sunt ante thronum Dei, et serviunt ei die ac nocte in templo ejus: et qui sedet in throno, habitabit super illos:
(Therefore/For_that_reason are before throne of_God, and they_serve to_him day and at_night in/into/on temple his: and who/which is_sitting in/into/on throno, will_live over those: )

UGNT διὰ τοῦτό, εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ λατρεύουσιν αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σκηνώσει ἐπ’ αὐτούς.
(dia touto, eisin enōpion tou thronou tou Theou, kai latreuousin autōi haʸmeras kai nuktos en tōi naōi autou, kai ho kathaʸmenos epi tou thronou skaʸnōsei ep’ autous.)

SBL-GNT διὰ τοῦτό εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ λατρεύουσιν αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ ⸂τοῦ θρόνου⸃ σκηνώσει ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
(dia touto eisin enōpion tou thronou tou theou, kai latreuousin autōi haʸmeras kai nuktos en tōi naōi autou, kai ho kathaʸmenos epi ⸂tou thronou⸃ skaʸnōsei epʼ autous.)

RP-GNT Διὰ τοῦτό εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ λατρεύουσιν αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ σκηνώσει ἐπ' αὐτούς.
(Dia touto eisin enōpion tou thronou tou theou, kai latreuousin autōi haʸmeras kai nuktos en tōi naōi autou; kai ho kathaʸmenos epi tōi thronōi skaʸnōsei ep' autous.)

TC-GNT Διὰ τοῦτό εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ,
⇔ καὶ λατρεύουσιν αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ·
⇔ καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ [fn]τῷ θρόνῳ σκηνώσει ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς.
( ⇔ Dia touto eisin enōpion tou thronou tou Theou,
⇔ kai latreuousin autōi haʸmeras kai nuktos en tōi naōi autou;
⇔ kai ho kathaʸmenos epi tōi thronōi skaʸnōsei ep autous. )

7:15 τω θρονω 𝔐^C,K [62%] ¦ του θρονου 𝔐^A ANT ECM^† NA SBL TH TR WH [38%]

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:9–17: A great multitude praised God and the Lamb

In this section, John saw a new part of this vision. He saw believers rejoicing, praising, and worshiping in heaven. One of the elders around the throne (4:4) explained the vision to John.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The vision of a huge crowd of believers and its explanation

The Great Multitude in White Robes (NIV)

God’s People Around His Throne in Heaven (GW)

7:15a–17c

These verses read like poetry.Osbourne speaks of its rhythm, Kistemaker likens it to a hymn, and Smalley also calls it poetic, with three parts in each verse. The UBS4 formats it as poetry. Consider whether you want to format these verses as poetry, as the BSB and some other English versions do.

7:15a

For this reason, they are before the throne of God

For that reason they stand/stay before the throne of God
And so they stand in the presence of God in front of his place/seat of ruling

they are before the throne of God: This clause indicates that these people are in the presence of God. For example:

they stand before God’s throne (GNT)

7:15b

and serve Him day and night in His temple;

and serve him at all times in his temple,
and day and night do everything that he commands them to do in his temple.

serve Him: Here the word serve refers to doing religious duties such as priests do. Other ways to translate this word are:

do His will

do everything that He commands them to do

day and night: This phrase refers to doing something all the time. See how you translated this phrase in 4:8.

His temple: The word temple refers to a building where God, or another deity, is believed to be present in a special way. People worship there. See how you translated this word in 3:12.

7:15c

and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

and he who sits on the throne will shelter them.
And the one who sits on the place/seat of ruling will care for them.

the One seated on the throne: This phrase refers to God. This implied meaning may already be clear in your translation. See how you translated this phrase at 5:1.

will spread His tabernacle over them: This clause indicates figuratively that God will dwell with these believers, protect them, and care for them. Other ways to translate this clause are:

will shelter them with his presence (RSV)

will be their shelter (JBP)

will be present with them (NCV)

Parallel REV 7:15

Section 7:9–17: A great multitude praised God and the Lamb

7:15a–17c

7:15a

7:15b

7:15c