16And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,


In Context

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.

18 The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."

Revelation 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty elders, which sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty elders, who sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell on their faces, and worshipped God,