Rev 5:11 | RWP | e4.org | And I saw ( κα ειδον ). A new feature introduced by the outer and vaster circle ( κυκλω ) of angels who catch up the new song of redemption in antiphonal singing, answering the song of the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders. Some MSS. read ως (as if) before φωνην (voice). Ten thousand times ten thousand ( μυριαδες μυριαδων κα χιλιαδες χιλιαδων ). Literally, "myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands," a mild husteron-proteron. The regular order in I Enoch 40:I. See for χιλια χιλιαδες (thousand thousands) and μυρια μυριαδες (countless myriads). They are all efforts to express the innumerable hosts of the angels.

‏ Revelation of John 5:11

And I saw ( κα ειδον ). A new feature introduced by the outer and vaster circle ( κυκλω ) of angels who catch up the new song of redemption in antiphonal singing, answering the song of the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders. Some MSS. read ως (as if) before φωνην (voice). Ten thousand times ten thousand ( μυριαδες μυριαδων κα χιλιαδες χιλιαδων ). Literally, "myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands," a mild husteron-proteron. The regular order in I Enoch 40:I. See Da 7:10 for χιλια χιλιαδες (thousand thousands) and μυρια μυριαδες (countless myriads). They are all efforts to express the innumerable hosts of the angels.