Knox:
“Then I
heard, in my vision, the voices of a multitude of angels, standing on every
side of the throne, where the living figures and the elders were, in thousands
of thousands,[a] and crying aloud, Power and Godhead,
wisdom and strength, honour and glory and blessing are his by right, the Lamb
that was slain.[b] And every
creature in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all
that is in it,[c] I heard crying out together,
Blessing and honour and glory and power, through endless ages, to him who sits
on the throne, and to the Lamb. Then the four living figures said, Amen; and
the twenty-four elders fell prostrate, worshipping him who lives for ever and
ever.[d]”
a. Apocalypse 5:11 The Greek has, ‘in ten
thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands’.
b. Apocalypse 5:12 ‘Godhead’; the Greek
here has ‘riches’, and it seems likely that the Latin version arose from a
faulty reading.
c. Apocalypse 5:13 ‘And on the sea, and all
that is in it’; this is perhaps the best account to give of the Latin text
here, but it is curious that ‘on’ and ‘in’ should be rendered by the same
preposition in Latin. The Greek text seems to be ‘every creature in heaven, and
on earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that is in them’; it is
hard to see that the last six words add anything to the sense.
d. Apocalypse 5:14 The last seven words of
this verse are of doubtful authority in the Greek, and are missing in some
Latin manuscripts.
NAB:
“I, John,
looked and heard the voices of many angels
who surrounded the throne
and the living creatures and the elders.
They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor and glory and blessing.”
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and in the sea,
everything in the universe, cry out:
“To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor, glory and might,
forever and ever.”
The four living creatures answered, “Amen,”
and the elders fell down and worshiped.”
who surrounded the throne
and the living creatures and the elders.
They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor and glory and blessing.”
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and in the sea,
everything in the universe, cry out:
“To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor, glory and might,
forever and ever.”
The four living creatures answered, “Amen,”
and the elders fell down and worshiped.”
* [5:11] Countless: literally,
“100,000,000 plus 1,000,000,” used by the author to express infinity.
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