Revelation 15:4

Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The redeemed, singing the song of Moses and the Lamb before the throne (v. 3). This is the climax of that song, moving from praise of God's works to the universal response they demand.

The words — φοβηθῆ (phobēthēa, "may fear") is aorist passive subjunctive, framing the question as a rhetorical certainty; δοξάσει (doxasei, "will glorify") shifts to future indicative, stating the outcome as fact.

The thread — The same universal fear-and-worship pattern appears in Psalms 86:9, Jeremiah 10:7, and Malachi 1:11, each pairing the nations' bowing with the greatness of God's name.

Why it lands — The verse is structured as a question whose answer is already given: if God's righteous acts are revealed, fear and glorification are not optional but inevitable. It places the reader on one side of that question or the other.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Cross-references

Psalms 86:9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 14:7 And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
Isaiah 25:3 Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
Isaiah 45:23 By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Isaiah 66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
Zechariah 14:16 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.