Wahyu 5:14

5:14 And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground ¹  and worshiped.

Wahyu 4:4

4:4 In ²  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ³  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ⁴  on their heads.

Wahyu 4:8

4:8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings ⁵  and was full of eyes all around and inside. ⁶  They never rest day or night, saying: ⁷ 

“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, ⁸ 

Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”

Wahyu 4:10

4:10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground ⁹  before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns ¹⁰  before his ¹¹  throne, saying:

Wahyu 7:10-12

7:10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,

“Salvation belongs to our God, ¹² 

to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

7:11 And all the angels stood ¹³  there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ¹⁴  before the throne and worshiped God, 7:12 saying,

“Amen! Praise and glory,

and wisdom and thanksgiving,

and honor and power and strength

be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”

Wahyu 19:4

19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ¹⁵  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

[5:14]  ¹ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[4:4]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:4]  ³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

[4:4]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

[4:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “six wings apiece,” but this is redundant with “each one” in English.

[4:8]  ⁶ tn Some translations render ἔσωθεν (eswqen) as “under [its] wings,” but the description could also mean “filled all around on the outside and on the inside with eyes.” Since the referent is not available to the interpreter, the exact force is difficult to determine.

[4:8]  ⁷ tn Or “They never stop saying day and night.”

[4:8]  ⁸ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”

[4:8]  sn A quotation from (or an allusion to) Isa 6:3.

[4:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “the twenty-four elders fall down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[4:10]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

[4:10]  ¹¹ tn The pronoun “his” is understood from the demonstrative force of the article τοῦ (tou) before θρόνου (qronou).

[7:10]  ¹² tn The dative here has been translated as a dative of possession.

[7:11]  ¹³ tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

[7:11]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[19:4]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “creatures fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”