11 translations · Greek

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

World English Bible

Revelation 15:3 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
KJV King James Version
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
ASV American Standard Version
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful [are] Your works, O LORD God, the Almighty, righteous and true [are] Your ways, O King of holy ones!
FBV Free Bible Version
and they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “What you have done is tremendous and marvelous, Lord God, the All-powerful One. Your ways are right and true, King of the nations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful [are] Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true [are] Thy ways, O King of saints,
DBY Darby Translation
And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true [are] thy ways, O King of nations.
WBT Webster’s Bible
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of ages.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ᾄδουσιν adousin they sang G103 ᾄδω to sing
τὴν tēn the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ᾠδὴν ōdēn song G5603 ᾠδή song
Μωϋσέως Mōuseōs Moses G3475 Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς Moses
τοῦ tou — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
δούλου doulou servant G1401 δοῦλος slave
τοῦ tou of G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Θεοῦ Theou God’s G2316 θεός God
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
τὴν tēn — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ᾠδὴν ōdēn — G5603 ᾠδή song
τοῦ tou of the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἀρνίου Arniou Lamb G721 ἀρνίον lamb
λέγοντες legontes — G3004 λέγω to say
Μεγάλα Megala Great G3173 μέγας great
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
θαυμαστὰ thaumasta wonderful [are] G2298 θαυμαστός marvellous
τὰ ta — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἔργα erga works G2041 ἔργον work
σου sou Your G4771 σύ you
Κύριε Kyrie O Lord G2962 κύριος lord: God
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Θεός Theos God G2316 θεός God
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Παντοκράτωρ Pantokratōr Almighty G3841 παντοκράτωρ almighty
δίκαιαι dikaiai Just G1342 δίκαιος just
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἀληθιναὶ alēthinai true [are] G228 ἀληθινός true
αἱ hai — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ὁδοί hodoi ways G3598 ὁδός road
σου sou Your G4771 σύ you
ὁ ho O G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Βασιλεὺς Basileus King G935 βασιλεύς king
τῶν tōn of the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἐθνῶν ethnōn nations G1484 ἔθνος Gentiles
  • Psalm 111:2

    Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

  • Exodus 15:1–18

    Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name. …

  • Psalm 139:14

    I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

  • Revelation 5:9–13

    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, and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.” I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; …

  • Psalm 145:17

    Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

  • Isaiah 33:22

    For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • Hebrews 3:5

    Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

  • Psalm 100:5

    For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.

2 I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

3 They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

4 Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

5 After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.

Read all of Revelation 15 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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