Revelation 4:6-5:14

New King James Version

⁶ Before the throne there ^[a]was ^(A)a sea of glass, like crystal. ^(B)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ^7 (C)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. ⁸ The four living creatures, each having ^(D)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, ^(H)who lives forever and ever, ^10 (I)the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

The Lamb Takes the Scroll

5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne ^(M)a scroll written inside and on the back, ^(N)sealed with seven seals. ² Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ^(O)“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” ³ And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

⁴ So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open ^[e]and read the scroll, or to look at it. ⁵ But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, ^(P)the Lion of the tribe of ^(Q)Judah, ^(R)the Root of David, has ^(S)prevailed to open the scroll ^(T)and ^[f]to loose its seven seals.”

⁶ And I looked, ^[g]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood ^(U)a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and ^(V)seven eyes, which are ^(W)the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷ Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^(X)of Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(Y)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(Z)prayers of the saints. ⁹ And ^(AA)they sang a new song, saying:

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice:

¹³ And ^(AG)every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

¹⁴ Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the ^[l]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[m]Him who lives forever and ever.