What Does Revelation 14:7 Mean in the King James?
Saying 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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse’s commands converge in one movement: give the Creator weight by bowing in awe before the One who made all things.
THE MEANING
The voice summons you to hold God in awe and give weight to the One who made heaven, earth, sea, and springs. The hour of judgment places your life and the world around you before the Creator’s discernment.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The created world is not its own source, and what is made does not hold the place of its Maker.
THE ROOT
προσκυνήσατε
proskynēsate
GROWS FROM
προσκυν-
proskyn-
To bow down before, to prostrate oneself.
English “worship” can make the act sound abstract; this word retains the posture of bowing. Here the bow is directed to the Maker, so allegiance returns to the source of all creation.
ALSO GROWS
proskynēsis: Bowing down; homage.
προσκύνησις
It makes the posture within “worship” visible: the verse calls for embodied reverence before the Creator.
proskynētēs: One who bows down; a worshiper.
προσκυνητής
The word names a person by the posture of allegiance that the verse calls forth.
δόξαν
doxan
GROWS FROM
δοξ-
dox-
Recognized honor and weight; what is held in esteem.
The verse does not leave glory as a quality to admire from afar: it says to give God weight. That weight belongs to the Maker, whose work fills the world the voice names.
ALSO GROWS
doxazō: To glorify; to honor.
δοξάζω
This verb shows the action of giving recognition and weight that the verse commands.
endoxos: Held in honor; esteemed.
ἔνδοξος
It echoes the idea of recognized worth and illuminates what it means to give God glory.
φοβηθῆτε
phobēthēte
GROWS FROM
φοβ-
phob-
Fear or dread; in this address to God, awe before God.
The word carries real fear, not casual respect, while its direction toward God holds awe before the source of all things. The next commands give that awe shape: give God weight and bow before the Maker.
ALSO GROWS
phobos: Fear; dread or awe.
φόβος
It preserves the force of the verse’s command to fear God.
phoberos: Fearsome; awe-inspiring.
φοβερός
It shows how fear can be the response to a presence that overwhelms ordinary regard.
THE PATTERN
Awe and honor return to the Creator because what is made bears witness to its source.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.THE THREAD
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.The same Greek word for glory, δόξα (doxa, weight and honor), appears here beside the claim that all things were created through God. Revelation 14:7’s call to give that weight and bow before the Maker unfolds the same logic.
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