Revelation 5:10

Revelation 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

Context of Revelation 5:10

8And when it took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints. 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. 11And I saw, and I heard [the] voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands; 12saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Revelation 5:10 word by word

καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλείαν καὶ ἱερεῖς, καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.¶Read the interlinear

• madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• priestsἱερεύςhiereus · priestG2409
• reignβασιλεύωbasileuō · to reignG936
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Revelation 5:10

• Revelation 1:6and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
• Revelation 22:5And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of [the] sun; for [the] Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages.
• Exodus 19:6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
• 1 Peter 2:5yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• Daniel 7:18But the saints of the most high [places] shall receive the kingdom, and they shall possess the kingdom for ever, even to the ages of ages.

Commentaries on Revelation 5:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Kings and priests - See Exodus 19:6; (note); 1 Peter 2:5; (note), 1 Peter 2:9; (note), and the notes there.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests - See the notes on Revelation 1:6. And we shall reign on the earth - The redeemed, of whom we are the representatives. The idea clearly is, in accordance with what is so frequently said in the Scriptures, that the dominion on the earth will be given to the saints; that is, that there will be such a prevalence of true religion, and the redeemed will be so much in the ascendency, that the affairs of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 It is matter of joy to all the world, to see that God deals with men in grace and mercy through the Redeemer. He governs the world, not merely as a Creator, but as our Saviour. The harps were instruments of praise; the vials were full of odours, or incense, which signify the prayers of the saints: prayer and praise should always go together. Christ has redeemed his people from the bondage of sin, guilt, and Satan. He has not only purchased…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Describing God's people as a kingdom of priests who will achieve ultimate victory and reign with Christ reflects Jesus as both king (Romans 1:3) and high priest (Hebrews 6:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. made us--A, B, Aleph, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, "them." The Hebrew construction of the third person for the first, has a graphic relation to the redeemed, and also has a more modest sound than us, priests [Bengel]. unto our God--So B and Aleph read. But A omits the clause. kings--So B reads. But A, Aleph, Vulgate, Coptic, and Cyprian, read, "A kingdom." Aleph reads also "a priesthood" for priests. They who cast their crowns before the throne…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 5:10

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Animals
• Assurance
• Church
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Praise
• Priest
• Redemption
• Song

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Loose
• Receive
• Adoration
• Amen
• Ascension
• Ethics
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Revelation 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings