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Wahyu 4:11

11 Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created. Ps. 19:1.">[fn]

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Glorifying God;   God;   Jesus Continued;   Power;   Praise;   Scofield Reference Index - Elders;   Thompson Chain Reference - Glorifying God;   Worthiness, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creation;   Glorifying God;   Man;   Power of God, the;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cherub;   Creation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Creation;   Singing;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Praise;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Sovereignty;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Pre-Existence of Souls;   Predestination;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Doxology;   God;   Hymn;   Praise;   Praise (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   World;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cherub;   Names titles and offices of christ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Vocation;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Cherubim (1);   Isaiah;   Luke, the Evangelist;   Pleasure;   Praise;   Revelation of John:;   Seraphim;   World (Cosmological);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Crown;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 17;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
11 Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created. Ps. 19:1.">[fn]
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
"Ya Allah, Tuhan kami, berlayaklah Engkau memegang kemuliaan dan kehormatan dan kuasa; karena Engkaulah yang menjadikan segala sesuatu, dan dengan kehendak-Mu juga sekaliannya itu ada dan sudah dijadikan."

Contextual Overview

8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym, and they were full of eyes within: and they had no rest day neither night, saying: Holy, holy, holy Lorde God almightie, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beastes gaue glorie, and honour, and thankes to hym that sate on the throne, which lyueth for euer and euer: 10 The xxiiij. elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne, and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer, and cast their crownes before the throne, saying: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receaue glorie, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all thynges, and for thy pleasures sake they are & were created.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

art: Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 5:12, 2 Samuel 22:4, Psalms 18:3

to receive: Revelation 14:7, Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Chronicles 16:28, 1 Chronicles 16:29, Nehemiah 9:5, Job 36:3, Psalms 29:1, Psalms 29:2, Psalms 68:34, Psalms 96:7, Psalms 96:8

for thou: Revelation 10:6, Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Isaiah 40:26, Isaiah 40:28, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 32:17, John 1:1-3, Acts 17:24, Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:10

and for: Proverbs 16:4, Romans 11:36

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:11 - is the greatness 2 Chronicles 2:12 - that made heaven Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Esther 1:4 - the riches Psalms 24:7 - King Psalms 33:9 - and it stood Psalms 115:1 - unto us Psalms 138:5 - for great Psalms 148:5 - for he Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 51:15 - hath made Daniel 2:37 - power Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed John 1:3 - General Acts 7:2 - The God 1 Corinthians 12:18 - as it 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown 1 Timothy 6:16 - to whom Hebrews 1:3 - upholding Hebrews 2:10 - for Hebrews 11:3 - faith 1 Peter 4:19 - a faithful Revelation 1:6 - to him Revelation 7:17 - God Revelation 10:5 - lifted Revelation 19:1 - Salvation

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And the lord god said vnto ye serpent: Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe.
Genesis 4:14
Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.
Genesis 4:20
And Ada bare Iabel, which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes, and of such as haue cattell.
Genesis 4:21
His brothers name was Iubal, which was the father of such as handle Harpe and Organ.
Genesis 4:26
And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde.
Job 16:18
O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no roome.
Isaiah 26:21
For beholde, the Lorde is comming out of his place, to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth: the earth also shall disclose her bloods, and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory honour, and power,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental ones, read, "thou art worthy, O Lord, and our God, to receive"; that is, to receive the acknowledgment and ascription of glory, honour, and power; for otherwise God cannot be said to receive these from his creatures, than by their confessing and declaring that they belong unto him: and that for the reasons following,

for thou hast created all things; the whole universe, the heavens, the earth, and sea, and all that in them are:

and for thy pleasure they are and were created; God is the first cause, and the last end of all things; by his power they are made, and according to his will, and for his own glory, and therefore is worthy of such a doxology; see Proverbs 16:4. What is here said is contrary to a notion imbibed by the Jews z, that the world was not created but for the sake of the Israelites: and elsewhere a they say,

"the world was not created but for David; and one says for Moses; and Rabbi Jochanan says for the Messiah;''

which last is truest.

z Zohar in Exod. fol. 6. 3. & Tzeror Hammor, fol. 109. 1. & 161. 3. a T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 98. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou art worthy, O Lord - In thy character, perfections, and government, there is what makes it proper that universal praise should be rendered. The feeling of all true worshippers is, that (God is worthy of the praise that is ascribed to him. No man worships him aright who does not feel that there is that in his nature and his doings which makes it proper that he should receive universal adoration.

To receive glory - To have praise or glory ascribed to thee.

And honour - To be honored; that is, to be approached and adored as worthy of honor.

And power - To have power ascribed to thee, or to be regarded as having infinite power. Man can confer no power on God, but he may acknowledge what he has, and adore him for its exertion in his behalf and in the government of the world.

For thou hast created all things - Thus, laying the foundation for praise. No one can contemplate this vast and wonderful universe without seeing that He who has made it is worthy to “receive glory, and honor, and power.” Compare the notes on Job 38:7.

And for thy pleasure they are - They exist by thy will - διὰ τὸ θέλημά dia to thelēma. The meaning is, that they owe their existence to the will of God, and therefore their creation lays the foundation for praise. He “spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.” He said, “Let there be light; and there was light.” There is no other reason why the universe exists at all than that such was the will of God; there is nothing else that is to be adduced as explaining the fact that anything has now a being. The putting forth of that will explains all; and, consequently, whatever wisdom, power, goodness, is manifested in the universe, is to be traced to God, and is the expression of what was in him from eternity. It is proper, then, to “look up through nature to nature’s God,” and wherever we see greatness or goodness in the works of creation, to regard them as the faint expression of what exists essentially in the Creator.

And were created - Bringing more distinctly into notice the fact that they owe their existence to his will. They are not eternal; they are not self-existent; they were formed from nothing. This concludes the magnificent introduction to the principal visions in this book. It is beautifully appropriate to the solemn disclosures which are to be made in the following portions of the book, and, as in the case of Isaiah and Ezekiel, was eminently adapted to impress the mind of the holy seer with awe. Heaven is opened to his view; the throne of God is seen; there is a vision of Him who sits upon that throne; thunders and voices are heard around the throne; the lightnings play; and a rainbow, symbol of peace, encircles all; the representatives of the redeemed church, occupying subordinate thrones, and in robes of victory, and with crowns on their heads, are there; a vast smooth expanse like the sea is spread out before the throne; and the emblems of the wisdom, the power, the vigilance, the energy, the strength of the divine administration are there, represented as in the act of bringing honor to God, and proclaiming his praise. The mind of John was doubtless prepared by these august visions for the disclosures which follow; and the mind of the reader should in like manner be deeply and solemnly impressed when he contemplates them, as if he looked into heaven, and saw the impressive grandeur of the worship there. Let us fancy ourselves, therefore, with the holy seer looking into heaven, and listen with reverence to what the great God discloses respecting the various changes that are to occur until every foe of the church shall be subdued, and the earth shall acknowledge his sway, and the whole scene shall close in the triumphs and joys of heaven.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 4:11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive — Thus all creation acknowledges the supremacy of God; and we learn from this song that he made all things for his pleasure; and through the same motive he preserves. Hence it is most evident, that he hateth nothing that he has made, and could have made no intelligent creature with the design to make it eternally miserable. It is strange that a contrary supposition has ever entered into the heart of man; and it is high time that the benevolent nature of the Supreme God should be fully vindicated from aspersions of this kind.


 
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