Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Revelation 5:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
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Quick Meaning
This verse ascribes power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing to the slain Lamb.
Read It With
- Revelation 5:8-14
Read Revelation 5:12 with 5:8-14. This verse ascribes power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing to the slain Lamb. The complete unit's controlling movement is: The Lamb's action releases worship: prayers rise as incense, a new song celebrates ransom and priestly kingdom, innumerable angels join, and every creature blesses God and the Lamb.
Why This Verse Appears Here
At Revelation 5:12, ascribes power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing to the slain Lamb; this advances Revelation 5:8-14 after the preceding action and toward the unit's stated conclusion.
What Remains True
Revelation 5:12 shows that ascribes power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing to the slain Lamb; its faithful force remains governed by creator worship, the slain Lamb, truthful witness, patient endurance, justice, and new creation.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Revelation 5:12, explain this exact role inside Revelation 5:8-14, state the unit's uncertainty or first-century control, and refuse unsupported modern mapping or coercive imitation.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Revelation 5:8-14 — Every Creature Worships the Slain LambSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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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 5:8-14, 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, 5:8-14
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, 5:8-14 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Revelation PDF ↗