1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book
written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals. 2 I saw a mighty
angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to
break its seals?” 3 No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the
earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it. 4 And I wept much,
because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it. 5 One
of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe
of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its
seven seals.” 6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living
creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had
been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits
of God, sent out into all the earth. 7 Then he came, and he took it out of
the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 Now when he had taken the
book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before
the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are
the prayers of the saints. 9 They sang a new song, saying,
“You are worthy to take the book,
And to open its seals:
For you were killed,
And bought us for God with your blood,
Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
10 And made them kings and priests to our God,
And they reign on earth.”
11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the
throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten
thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a
loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power,
wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the
earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the
dominion, forever and ever! Amen!*1 ”
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen!” The *2 elders fell down and worshiped.*3
1 TR omits “Amen!”
2 TR adds
“twenty-four”
3 TR adds “the one living
forever and ever”
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