Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Revelation 15:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
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Quick Meaning
This verse anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed.
Before the last plagues, the conquerors sing
This verse is one part of that explanation in Revelation 15:1-4. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Revelation 15:1-4
Read Revelation 15:4 with 15:1-4. This verse anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Before the last plagues, those who conquered the beast stand beside the fiery glass sea and sing that God's works and ways are just, holy, and destined for worldwide worship.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The preceding movement establishes: Revelation 14:14-20 established this prior movement: A crowned humanlike figure reaps earth's ripe harvest; angels then gather grapes into God's winepress, producing an enormous city-outside blood image. This unit then contributes: Before the last plagues, those who conquered the beast stand beside the fiery glass sea and sing that God's works and ways are just, holy, and destined for worldwide worship. The following movement develops: Revelation 15:5-8 continues the book through this next movement: The testimony-tabernacle sanctuary opens, seven radiant angels receive wrath-filled golden bowls, and glory-smoke prevents entry until their plagues finish. At Revelation 15:4, this verse anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed.
Follow the Context
- The last-plague sign, victorious singers, and complete Moses-and-Lamb hymn form an introductory worship scene.
- Before the last plagues, those who conquered the beast stand beside the fiery glass sea and sing that God's works and ways are just, holy, and destined for worldwide worship.
- Exodus sea and song imagery joins the Lamb's victory; conquest is faithful refusal of beast worship. KJV 'king of saints' has major variants such as king of nations or ages.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Revelation 15:4 does not turn the fact that it anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed into a standalone universal rule.
What Remains True
Revelation 15:4 shows that anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed; its faithful force remains governed by creator worship, the slain Lamb, truthful witness, patient endurance, justice, and new creation.
Teach It Back
Explain Revelation 15:4's specific contribution to Revelation 15:1-4: anticipates universal worship because God's righteous acts are revealed. Include the surrounding movement, one material uncertainty, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Revelation 15:1-4 — Beast-Conquerors Sing the Song of Moses and the LambSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The package keeps the leading alternatives visible and weights them by textual, historical, literary, and reception evidence rather than pretending every proposal is equally strong. Exodus sea and song imagery joins the Lamb's victory; conquest is faithful refusal of beast worship. KJV 'king of saints' has major variants such as king of nations or ages.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete coverage.
Exact location: Revelation 15:1-4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Revelation.txt, 15:1-4
Open the Revelation Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Revelation with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual variants, imagery, cross-references, and stated alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Revelation PDF, printed pp. 2408–2447, 15:1-4 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Revelation PDF ↗