Revelation 14:3

Revelation 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

Context of Revelation 14:3

1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and the booming of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like harpists playing on their harps. And they are singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one is able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb. 5And in their mouth was found no lie—they are blameless.

Revelation 14:3 word by word

καὶ ᾄδουσιν ὡς ᾠδὴν καινὴν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο μαθεῖν τὴν ᾠδὴν εἰ μὴ αἱ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες, οἱ ἠγορασμένοι ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they sungᾄδωadō · to singG103
• as it wereὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• songᾠδήōdē · songG5603
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• the throneθρόνοςthronos · throneG2362
• the fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• beastsζῷονzōon · living thingG2226
• the eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• learnμανθάνωmanthanō · to learnG3129
• thatεἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• the hundredἑκατόνhekaton · hundredG1540
• fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• thousandχιλιάςchilias · thousandG5505
• were redeemedἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Revelation 14:3

• Revelation 5:9And they are singing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. For You were slain, and by Your blood You redeemed for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
• Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Psalms 33:3Sing to Him a new song! Play skillfully amid shouts of joy.
• Psalms 40:3He brought me up out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. Then He set my feet on a rock. He made my steps firm.
• Psalms 96:1Sing to Adonai a new song! Sing to Adonai, all the earth.
• Psalms 98:1A psalm. Sing to Adonai a new song, for He has done marvelous things. His right hand and His holy arm have won victory for Him.
• Psalms 144:9God, I sing a new song to You, on a ten-string harp I sing praises to You—
• Psalms 149:1Halleluyah! Sing to Adonai a new song, His praise in the assembly of the kedoshim.
• Isaiah 42:10Sing to Adonai a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea with all its fullness, islands and their inhabitants.
• Revelation 4:2Immediately I was in the Ruach; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One seated on the throne.
• Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
• Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Ruach is saying to Messiah’s communities. To the one who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna , and I will give him a white stone—and written on the stone a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.”
• Psalms 25:14The secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Yeshua said in response, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and discerning and revealed them to infants.
• 1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14Now a natural man does not accept the things of the Ruach Elohim, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Commentaries on Revelation 14:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They sung - a new song - See on Revelation 5:9; (note). No man could learn that song - As none but genuine Christians can worship God acceptably, because they approach him through the only Mediator, so none can understand the deep things of God but such; nor can others know the cause why true believers exult so much in God through Christ, because they know not the communion which such hold with the Father and the Son through the Holy Ghost.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And they sung as it were a new song - See the notes on Revelation 5:9. It was proper to call this “new,” because it was on a new occasion, or pertained to a new object. The song here was in celebration of the complete redemption of the church, and was the song to be sung in view of its final triumph over all its foes. Compare notes on Revelation 7:9-10. Before the throne - The throne of God in heaven. See the notes on Revelation 4:2. And before the four…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3This great choir sang a new song that only those redeemed from the earth could learn. These people had died and were already with the Lord. This might explain why John did not include the content of their refrain for readers still facing life's challenges (compare 2 Corinthians 12:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. sung--Greek, "sing." as it were--So A, C, and Vulgate read. It is "as it were" a new song; for it is, in truth, as old as God's eternal purpose. But B, Syriac, Coptic, Origen, and Andreas omit these words. new song--(Re 5:9, 10). The song is that of victory after conflict with the dragon, beast, and false prophet: never sung before, for such a conflict had never been fought before; therefore new: till now the kingdom of Christ on earth had been…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 14:3

• Animals
• Celibacy
• Chastity
• Elder
• Heaven
• Music
• Praise
• Righteous
• Song
• Throne
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Four Thousand
• Bless
• Cloud
• Harp
• Living creatures
• Thrust
• Torment
• Ascension
• Chaldea; Chaldeans
• Creature, Living

Commentaries on Revelation 14

• 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