Revelation 4-5

New King James Version

The Throne Room of Heaven^(A)

4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing ^(B)open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a ^(C)trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

² Immediately ^(D)I was in the Spirit; and behold, ^(E)a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. ^3 [a]And He who sat there was ^(F)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; ^(G)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. ^4 (H)Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, ^(I)clothed in white ^[b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. ⁵ And from the throne proceeded ^(J)lightnings, ^[c]thunderings, and voices. ^(K)Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are ^(L)the^[d] seven Spirits of God.

⁶ Before the throne there ^[e]was ^(M)a sea of glass, like crystal. ^(N)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ^7 (O)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 ^(P)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, ^(T)who lives forever and ever, ^10 (U)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 ^(Y)a scroll written inside and on the back, ^(Z)sealed with seven seals. ² Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ^(AA)“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 ^[i]and read the scroll, or to look at it. ⁵ But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, ^(AB)the Lion of the tribe of ^(AC)Judah, ^(AD)the Root of David, has ^(AE)prevailed to open the scroll ^(AF)and ^[j]to loose its seven seals.”

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

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(AK)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 ^(AL)prayers of the saints. ⁹ And ^(AM)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 ^(AS)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 ^[p]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[q]Him who lives forever and ever.