5:14a
And the four living creatures: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as living creatures is literally “living (ones).” The word refers to beings that are like angels yet symbolically look like animals (4:7). See how you translated this phrase in 4:6.
Amen: The word Amen is a Hebrew word that means “even so” or “it is true.” The word is used to agree with what was said. The Greek borrowed the Hebrew word. English borrowed this word as well.
In some languages people are not familiar with this word. If that is true in your language, you may want to:
• Translate the meaning in your translation. For example:
It is so
-or-
True!
• Borrow this word and spell it as people in your language would say it. You may then want to explain its meaning in a footnote. An example footnote is:
The word “amen” means “even so” or “it is true.”
See how you translated this word in 1:6.
5:14b
fell down: Here the phrase fell down refers to kneeling and putting the face to the ground with arms outstretched toward someone. This position showed complete humility, and it honored the other person. Other ways to translate this phrase are:
prostrated themselves (New Jerusalem Bible)
-or-
threw themselves to the ground (NET Bible)
Some languages have a different action that shows humility and honors someone. If that is true in your language, you may want to use that word or phrase. See how you translated this phrase in 4:10 or 5:8.
worshiped: This word refers to honoring someone or something as sacred/divine. In some languages it is necessary to add who is worshiped. For example:
worshiped ⌊God and the Lamb⌋
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