Revelation 5:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 5:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ᾄδουσιν
áidō
G103
to sing
ᾠδὴν
ōidḗ
G5603
song
καινὴν
kainós
G2537
new
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
ἄξιος
áxios
G514
worthy
εἶ
eimí
G1510
to be
λαβεῖν
lambánō
G2983
to take
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
βιβλίον
biblíon
G975
book
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀνοῖξαι
anoígō
G455
to open
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
σφραγῖδας
sphragís
G4973
seal
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐσφάγης
spházō
G4969
to slaughter
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἠγόρασας
agorázō
G59
to loiter in marketplace
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
θεῷ
theós
G2316
God
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
αἵματί
haîma
G129
blood
σου
sý
G4771
you
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
πάσης
pâs
G3956
all
φυλῆς
phylḗ
G5443
tribe
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
γλώσσης
glōssa
G1100
tongue
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
λαοῦ
laós
G2992
people
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔθνους
éthnos
G1484
nation
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, And to open its seals: For you were killed, And bought us for God with your blood, Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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King James Version Public Domain
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they sing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered and with your blood you bought for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).