{"book":"Revelation","slug":"revelation","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Revelation of Jesus Christ","prev":"revelation/4","next":"revelation/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the [One] seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides [and was] sealed with seven seals.","f":[],"h":"The Lamb Takes the Scroll","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice,“ Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"[But] no one in heaven [or] on earth [or] under the earth was able to open the scroll [or] look inside it.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll [or] look inside it.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Then one of the elders said to me,“ {Do} not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in [the] center of the throne, [encircled by] the four living creatures and the elders. [The Lamb] had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.","f":["Or the sevenfold Spirit"],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"And He came and took [the scroll] from the right hand of the [One] seated on the throne.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"And they sang a new song:“ Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God [those] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And they sang a new song:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because You were slain,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and by Your blood You purchased for God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[those] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"You have made them {to be} a kingdom and priests to [ serve ] our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”","f":["Or they will reign over; WH they reign upon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have made them {to be} a kingdom"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and priests to [ serve ] our God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they will reign upon the earth.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Then I looked, and I heard [the] voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.","f":[],"h":"The Lamb Exalted","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"In a loud voice they were saying:“ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"In a loud voice they were saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to receive power and riches"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and wisdom and strength"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and honor and glory and blessing!”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that [is] in them, saying:“ To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever [and] ever!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that [is] in them, saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ To Him who sits on the throne"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to the Lamb"},{"style":"indent1","t":"be praise and honor and glory and power"},{"style":"indent2","t":"forever [and] ever!”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"And the four living creatures said,“ Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.","f":["TR includes Him who lives for ever and ever."],"style":"reg"}]}