Revelation 15:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίς οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇ σε, Κύριε, καὶ δοξάσῃ τὸ ὄνομά σου; ὅτι μόνος ὅσιος: ὅτι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἥξουσιν καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιόν σου· ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐφανερώθησαν.

Transliteration

Who ou mē phobēthē you, Kyrie, and doxasē the onoma of you? For monos hosios: for all the ethnē hēxousin and proskynēsousin enōpion of you; for the dikaiōmata of you ephanerōthēsan.

Grammar Details

• *ou mē phobēthē*: double negative + aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - will certainly not fear
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Master
• *doxasē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might glorify/honor
• *onoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *monos*: nominative, masculine, singular - alone/only
• *hosios*: nominative, masculine, singular - holy/pious/devout
• *ethnē*: nominative, neuter, plural - nations/peoples/gentiles
• *hēxousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - will come
• *proskynēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - will worship/prostrate
• *enōpion*: preposition + genitive - before/in the presence of
• *dikaiōmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - righteous deeds/righteous acts/judgments
• *ephanerōthēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - were revealed/made manifest

Word Meanings

• *ou mē phobēthē*: will certainly not fear/will by no means fear
• *doxasē*: glorify/honor/magnify
• *monos*: alone/only/solely
• *hosios*: holy/set apart/devout/pious
• *ethnē*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *hēxousin*: will come/will arrive/will approach
• *proskynēsousin*: will worship/will bow down/will prostrate themselves
• *dikaiōmata*: righteous acts/righteous deeds/righteous requirements/judgments
• *ephanerōthēsan*: were revealed/were made manifest/were displayed openly

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:9 : 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
• Jer 10:7 : 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
• 1 Pet 1:16 : 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
• Zech 2:11 : 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Rom 15:9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
• 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 11 ¶ Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 ‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.› 5 ‹But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.›
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God [is] with you.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 ¶ ‹And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;›
• Rev 4:8 : 8 ¶ And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
• Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 14:7 : 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
• Rev 16:7 : 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 ¶ [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
• Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.
• Ps 22:3 : 3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
• Ps 22:23 : 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
• Ps 97:8 : 8 ¶ Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
• Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
• Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.
• Ps 105:7 : 7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.
• Ps 111:9 : 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
• Isa 24:15 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
• Isa 25:3 : 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
• Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
• Isa 66:18-20 : 18 For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
• Isa 66:22-23 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?