Revelation 11:16
Good News Translation
Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones in front of God threw themselves face downward and worshiped God,

New Revised Standard Version
Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Contemporary English Version
Then the 24 elders, who were seated on thrones in God's presence, knelt down and worshiped him.

New American Bible
The twenty-four elders who sat on their thrones before God prostrated themselves and worshiped God

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:

Revelation 4:4,10 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments. And on their heads were crowns of gold. . . .

Revelation 5:5-8,14 And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof. . . .

Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne and the ancients and the four living creatures. And they fell down before the throne upon their faces and adored God,

Revelation 19:4 And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen. Alleluia.

Context
The Seventh Trumpet
15And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen. 16And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying: 17We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast and who art to come: because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and thou hast reigned.…
Cross References
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 4:4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments. And on their heads were crowns of gold.

Revelation 4:10
The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on the throne and adored him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Revelation 11:15
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