Revelation 11:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι καὶ τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι, οἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καθήμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους αὐτῶν, ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ Θεῷ,

Transliteration

And the eikosi and tessares presbyteroi, the ones enōpion of the Theou kathēmenoi upon the thronous of them, epesan upon the prosōpa of them, and prosekynēsan to the Theō,

Grammar Details

• *eikosi*: numeral - twenty
• *tessares*: nominative masculine plural - four
• *presbyteroi*: nominative masculine plural - elders
• *enōpion*: preposition - before/in presence of
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *kathēmenoi*: present middle/passive participle, nominative masculine plural - sitting
• *thronous*: accusative masculine plural - thrones
• *epesan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they fell
• *prosōpa*: accusative neuter plural - faces
• *prosekynēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they worshipped

Word Meanings

• *presbyteroi*: elders/older men/senior ones
• *enōpion*: before/in presence of/in sight of
• *kathēmenoi*: sitting/seated/enthroned
• *thronous*: thrones/seats of authority
• *epesan*: fell/fell down/cast themselves down
• *prosōpa*: faces/countenances
• *prosekynēsan*: worshipped/bowed down/did homage

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat befo God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the.xxiiii. elders which sytt before god on their seates fell apon their faces and worshipped God

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the foure and twentye Elders, which sat before God on their seatts, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped God

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the foure and twentie Elders, which sate before God on their seates, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the 24 elders which sit before God on their seates, fel vpon their faces, and worshipped God,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,

• World English Bible (2000)

  The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God

Referenced Verses

• Rev 4:4 : 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon these thrones sat twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments and wearing golden crowns on their heads.
• Rev 4:10 : 10 The twenty-four elders will fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They will cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
• Rev 5:5-8 : 5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed and is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." 6 Then I saw a Lamb, standing as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne. 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Rev 5:14 : 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever.
• Rev 7:11 : 11 And all the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures. They fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
• Rev 19:4 : 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, 'Amen. Hallelujah!'