1 Clement 34.6

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The angels cry “Holy, holy, holy.”

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:66

λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ, καὶ χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκέκραγον, Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος κύριος σαβαώθ, πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

For the scripture says: “Ten thousand times ten thousand stood by him, and a thousand thousands served him, and they cried, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole creation is full of his glory.’”

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:66 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Dan 7:10 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 6:3 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Prayer

Notes

Translation notes

“The whole creation”: Isa 6:3 has “the whole earth.”

Cite this passage

1 Clem. 34.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/6/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 34.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/6/).

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