As it were the voice (ως φωνην). Used here three times, as once in verse 1: once of a second great multitude (οχλου πολλου), not o…

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude. In Revelation 19:1, he says that he heard a great voice of much people; he…

And a voice came.—From the direction of the throne, there came a voice calling all God’s servants to rejoice. We are not told whos…

And a voice came out of the throne saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it w…

Finally, the cycle of praise is completed with the reverberating sounds of another great multitude. If the multitude in v.1 was angelic, then this …

And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude ,
&c.] Even of all the servants of the Lord, and those that …

Praising God for what we have is praying for what more is to be done for us. There is harmony between the angels and the saints in this triumphant …