Revelation 19:1
What does Revelation 19:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Revelation 19:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Revelation 19:1 means
John hears a thunderous outcry from a countless host in heaven. Their single word of praise, “Hallelujah,” declares that God alone deserves credit for rescuing, displaying glory, and exercising might. Salvation is not achieved by human strength; glory is not shared with rival powers; power does not rest in empires. The worship answers the question raised by evil’s apparent success: God’s rule has never been in doubt. The multitude recognizes that everything just described—the fall of the proud world system—reveals who God is. Praise rises not from sentiment but from what God has actually done, and it shifts the reader’s gaze from earth’s chaos to heaven’s certainty.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of ourGod:
Context
“After these things” links this scene with the judgment of the great harlot in the previous visions. Heaven now responds to Babylon’s collapse with loud, corporate praise. Verse 1 opens a series of antiphonal acclamations that build in intensity. The chorus will soon specify why God is praised (verse 2), repeat the Hallelujah (verse 3), and draw in the closest attendants of the throne (verse 4). This worship scene prepares for a second emphasis: the joyful announcement of the marriage of the Lamb (verses 7–9), before the vision shifts to the Rider on the white horse (verse 11).
v.1This passage
v.2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 115:18
But we will bless Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye Jehovah.
- Revelation 19:6
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
- Revelation 7:10
and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Psalms 111:1
Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
- Psalms 148:1
Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens: Praise him in the heights.
- 1 Timothy 1:16
howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
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