Revelation 7:12
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Study Note
Study Note
The great multitude's sevenfold ascription of praise to God — amen, blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honour, power, and might — mirrors the structure of 5:12 and creates a liturgical inclusio around the Lamb's worthiness. The opening and closing 'Amen' (unique in this position in Revelation) frames the doxology as a ratification of what has already been proclaimed. The seven attributes correspond to the fullness of divine perfection in the tradition of Jewish angelic liturgy, visible in texts like the Qedushah. The scene immediately follows the sealing of the 144,000 and the appearance of the great multitude from all nations, making this doxology the climax of the cosmic gathering of the redeemed from every tribe and tongue.
Other Translations
saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, <FI>are<Fi> to our God--to the ages of the ages! Amen!'
So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
Cross References
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise …
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and …
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye …
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.