Revelation 14:7
What does Revelation 14:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Revelation 14:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Revelation 14:7 means
The angel’s sermon is simple and searching: fear God, give Him glory, and worship the Maker of heaven, earth, sea, and springs. The reason is urgent—the hour of His judgment has come. The call counters the beast’s demand for worship by redirecting fear and honor to the true Sovereign. Identifying God as Creator confronts idolatry and self-deifying empires; the One who made all has the right to judge all. Judgment is not arbitrary; it is the moral reckoning of the universe’s Maker. The summons is both warning and mercy: turn from created powers to the Creator Himself before the irreversible verdict falls.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862saying in a great voice, `Fear ye God, and give to Him glory, because come did the hour of His judgment, and bow ye before Him who did make the heaven, and the land, and sea, and fountains of waters.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord and give him honour, because the hour of his judgment is come. And adore ye him that made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890saying with a loud voice, FearGod and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and do homage to him who has made the heaven and the earth and the sea and fountains of waters.
Context
This verse states the content of the first angel’s proclamation introduced in verse 6. It clarifies heaven’s appeal to all peoples in light of the imminent judgment. With the right object of worship established, the narrative proceeds in verse 8 to announce that the dominant corrupt power—Babylon the great—has fallen. That declaration, in turn, sets the stage for the third angel’s even more personal warning in verses 9–11, aimed at anyone tempted to give allegiance to the beast. The sequence moves from general call, to systemic collapse, to individual accountability, then to exhortation and comfort (verses 12–13).
v.6And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
v.7This passage
v.8And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 8:19
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongeth to the appointed time of the end.
- Revelation 8:10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;
- Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
- Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
- Revelation 11:13
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Psalms 33:6
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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