Wahyu 5:11

5:11 Then ¹  I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their ²  number was ten thousand times ten thousand ³  – thousands times thousands –

Wahyu 6:1

The Seven Seals

6:1 I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, ⁴  “Come!” ⁵ 

Wahyu 6:5

6:5 Then ⁶  when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So ⁷  I looked, ⁸  and here came ⁹  a black horse! The ¹⁰  one who rode it ¹¹  had a balance scale ¹²  in his hand.

Wahyu 7:11

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,

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!”

[5:11]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[5:11]  ² tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:11]  ³ tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “saying like a voice [or sound] of thunder.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tc The addition of “and see” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) to “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1, 3-5, 7 is a gloss directed to John, i.e., “come and look at the seals and the horsemen!” But the command ἔρχου is better interpreted as directed to each of the horsemen. The shorter reading also has the support of the better witnesses.

[6:5]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[6:5]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the summons by the third creature.

[6:5]  ⁸ tc The reading “and I looked” (καὶ εἶδον, kai eidon) or some slight variation (e.g., ἶδον, idon) has excellent ms support ({א A C P 1611}) and its omission seems to have come through the mss that have already placed “and look” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) after the verb “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1. Thus, for these copyists it was redundant to add “and I looked” again.

[6:5]  ⁹ tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

[6:5]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

[6:5]  ¹² sn A balance scale would have been a rod held by a rope in the middle with pans attached to both ends for measuring.

[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.”