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Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
For the Lord[a] God
    the Almighty reigns.(A)
Let us rejoice and exult
    and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready;(B)
to her it has been granted to be clothed
    with fine linen, bright and pure”—

for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.(C)

And the angel said[b] to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”(D) 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus.[c] Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus[d] is the spirit of prophecy.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.6 Other ancient authorities add our
  2. 19.9 Gk he said
  3. 19.10 Or to Jesus
  4. 19.10 Or to Jesus

Then I heard something like (A)the voice of a great multitude and like (B)the sound of many waters, and like the (C)sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

(D)Hallelujah! For the (E)Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

Let’s rejoice and be glad and (F)give the glory to Him, because (G)the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His [a](H)bride has prepared herself.” It was given to her to clothe herself in (I)fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the (J)righteous acts of the [b]saints.

Then (K)he *said to me, “(L)Write: ‘(M)Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “(N)These are the true words of God.” 10 Then (O)I fell at his feet to worship him. (P)But he *said to me, “[c]Do not do that; I am a (Q)fellow servant of yours and your brothers and sisters who (R)hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:7 Lit wife
  2. Revelation 19:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Revelation 19:10 Lit See that you do not