Verse 9

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and languages, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Etter dette så jeg, og, se, en stor mengde som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner og slekter og folk og tungemål, sto foran tronen og Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmer i hendene.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle hvor mange de var, fra alle folkeslag, stammer, folk og språk, som stod foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite klær, og med palmegrener i hendene sine.

• Norsk King James

  Etter dette så jeg, og så, en stor mengde som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner, familier, folk og språk, stod foran tronen, og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite klær, og med palmer i hendene;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deretter så jeg en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle folkeslag, stammer, folk og språk. De stod foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i lange, hvite kapper, med palmegreiner i hendene.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle folkeslag og slekter og folk og tungemål, sto foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper, og med palmer i deres hender;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Deretter så jeg, og se, en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner og stammer og folk og språk, stående foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmegrener i hendene sine.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle nasjoner, stammer, folk og tungemål, stå foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper, med palmegreiner i hendene;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Etter dette så jeg, se, en stor folkemengde, som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner, stammer, folk og tungemål, stående foran tronen og Lammet; de var iført hvite klær og hadde palmeblader i hendene.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Deretter så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle folkeslag og stammer og folk og tungemål, stod framfor tronen og framfor Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmegrener i hendene.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Deretter så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle folkeslag og stammer og folk og tungemål, stod framfor tronen og framfor Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmegrener i hendene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, av alle nasjoner, stammer, folk og språk, sto foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper, og med palmegrener i hendene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After this, I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Revelation.7.9", "source": "Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ, ἰδοὺ, ὄχλος πολύς, ὃν ἀριθμῆσαι οὐδεὶς ἠδύνατο, ἐκ παντὸς ἔθνους, καὶ φυλῶν, καὶ λαῶν, καὶ γλωσσῶν, ἑστῶτες ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Ἀρνίου, περιβεβλημένοι στολὰς λευκάς, καὶ φοίνικες ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν·", "text": "*Meta* these [things] *eidon*, and, *idou*, *ochlos* *polys*, which *arithmēsai* *oudeis* *ēdynato*, from every *ethnous*, and *phylōn*, and *laōn*, and *glōssōn*, *hestōtes* *enōpion* of the *thronou*, and *enōpion* of the *Arniou*, *peribeblēmenoi* *stolas* *leukas*, and *phoinikes* in the *chersin* of them;", "grammar": { "*Meta*": "preposition + accusative - after", "*eidon*": "aorist active indicative, 1st singular - I saw", "*idou*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd singular - behold/look", "*ochlos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - crowd/multitude", "*polys*": "nominative, masculine, singular - great/many", "*arithmēsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to number/count", "*oudeis*": "nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*ēdynato*": "imperfect middle indicative, 3rd singular - was able", "*ethnous*": "genitive, neuter, singular - nation/people", "*phylōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - tribes", "*laōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - peoples", "*glōssōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - tongues/languages", "*hestōtes*": "perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - standing", "*enōpion*": "preposition + genitive - before/in the presence of", "*thronou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - throne", "*Arniou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - Lamb", "*peribeblēmenoi*": "perfect middle/passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - clothed/arrayed", "*stolas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - robes", "*leukas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - white", "*phoinikes*": "nominative, masculine, plural - palm branches", "*chersin*": "dative, feminine, plural - hands" }, "variants": { "*idou*": "behold/look/see", "*ochlos*": "crowd/multitude/throng", "*arithmēsai*": "to count/number/enumerate", "*ethnous*": "nation/people/Gentiles", "*laōn*": "peoples/populace", "*glōssōn*": "tongues/languages", "*thronou*": "throne/seat of power", "*Arniou*": "Lamb/little lamb", "*peribeblēmenoi*": "clothed/arrayed/wrapped", "*stolas*": "robes/garments/long flowing garments", "*phoinikes*": "palm branches/date palms" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Etter dette så jeg en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner, stammer, folk og språk, som stod foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmegrener i hendene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derefter saae jeg, og see, en stor Skare, hvilken Ingen kunde tælle, af alle Hedninger og Stammer og Folk og Tungemaal, som stode for Thronen og for Lammet, iførte lange hvide Klæder, og Palmegrene i deres Hænder,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  After this I beheld, and, lo, a gat multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindds, and people, and tongues, stood befo the throne, and befo the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Deretter så jeg en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, av alle nasjoner, stammer, folk og tungemål, som stod foran tronen og for Lammet, kledd i hvite klær og med palmegrener i hendene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, av alle nasjoner og stammer, folk og tungemål, som stod foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper, med palmegrener i hendene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Etter dette så jeg, og se, en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner og stammer og folk og tungemål, som sto foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper og med palmegrener i hendene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Deretter så jeg, og se, en stor skare, som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner og stammer og folk og tungemål, som sto foran tronen og foran Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper, med palmegrener i hendene;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Etter dette så jeg en stor skare som ingen kunne telle, fra alle nasjoner og stammer og folk og språk, stå foran tronen og Lammet, kledd i hvite kapper med palmegrener i hendene.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude (which noma coulde nombre) of all nacios and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed with longe whyte garmentes and palmes in there hondes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  After this I behelde, and lo, a gret multitude (which no man coulde nombre) of all nacions and people, and tonges, stode before the seate, and before the lambe, clothed wt longe whyte garmetes, and palmes in their hondes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  After these thinges I behelde, and loe a great multitude, which no man coulde number, of all nations and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stoode before the throne, and before the Lambe, clothed with long white robes, and palmes in their hands.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  After this I behelde, and loe a great multitude which no man could number of all nations, and kinredes, and people, and tongues, stoode before the throne, and before the lambe, clothed with long whyte garmentes, and palmes in their handes,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

• World English Bible (2000)

  After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Referenced Verses

• John 12:13 : 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
• Rev 7:13-15 : 13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these clothed in white robes, and where did they come from? 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
• Lev 23:40 : 40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
• Rev 3:4-5 : 4 You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.
• Heb 11:12 : 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.
• Rev 6:11 : 11 And white robes were given unto each of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest for a little while, until their fellow servants and their brethren, who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Rev 5:11 : 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.
• Rev 4:4 : 4 Around the throne were twenty-four seats, and upon the seats I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
• Eph 6:13 : 13 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
• Ps 2:8 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.
• Ps 72:7-9 : 7 In his days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him.
• Ps 76:4 : 4 You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
• Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 110:2-3 : 2 The LORD will send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies. 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 O praise the LORD, all you nations; praise him, all you people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.
• Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Isa 49:6-8 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. 7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you. 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Isa 60:1-9 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 Lift up your eyes all around and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried at your side. 5 Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory. 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you. 10 And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you. 11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. 14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet, and they shall call you, The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 3:17 : 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk anymore after the imagination of their evil heart.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• Dan 4:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth; may peace be multiplied to you.
• Dan 6:25 : 25 Then king Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you.
• Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
• Zech 2:11 : 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall be My people: and I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus says 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 quickly to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus says 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 garment of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
• Luke 12:1 : 1 Meanwhile, when there was gathered together a vast multitude of people, so much that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.