Revelation 5:11 New English Translation
11 Then[a] I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their[b] number was ten thousand times ten thousand[c]—thousands times thousands—
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- Revelation 5:11 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
- Revelation 5:11 tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Revelation 5:11 tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.
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