Revelation 5:1-10
The Book with Seven Seals
1 I saw (a)in the right hand of Him who (A)sat on the throne a (b)(B)book written inside and on the back, (C)sealed up with seven seals.
2 And I saw a (D)strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the (c)book and to break its seals?”
3 And no one (E)in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the (d)book or to look into it.
4 Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the (e)book or to look into it;
5 and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the (F)Lion that is (G)from the tribe of Judah, the (H)Root of David, has overcome so as to open the (f)book and its seven seals.”
6 And I saw (g)between the throne (with the four living creatures) and (I)the elders a (J)Lamb standing, as if (K)slain, having seven (L)horns and (M)seven eyes, which are (N)the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
7 And He came and took (O)the book out of the right hand of Him who (P)sat on the throne.
8 When He had taken the (h)book, the (Q)four living creatures and the (R)twenty-four elders (S)fell down before the (T)Lamb, each one holding a (U)harp and (V)golden bowls full of incense, which are the (W)prayers of the (i)saints.
9 And they *sang a (X)new song, saying,
“(Y)Worthy are You to take the (j)book and to break its seals; for You were (Z)slain, and (AA)purchased for God with Your blood men from (AB)every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Footnotes:
a.
Revelation 5:1: ['Lit ', upon]
b.
Revelation 5:1: ['Or ', scroll]
c.
Revelation 5:2: ['Or ', scroll]
d.
Revelation 5:3: ['Or ', scroll]
e.
Revelation 5:4: ['Or ', scroll]
f.
Revelation 5:5: ['Or ', scroll]
g.
Revelation 5:6: ['Lit ', in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders]
h.
Revelation 5:8: ['Or ', scroll]
i.
Revelation 5:8: ['Or ', holy ones]
j.
Revelation 5:9: ['Or ', scroll]
Cross references:
X.
Revelation 5:9:
Psalm 33:3; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 98:1; Psalm 149:1; Isaiah 42:10; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 15:3