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Revelation 5

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Revelation 5 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

ASV: 1ASV

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

WEB: 2WEB

I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”

ASV: 2ASV

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

WEB: 3WEB

No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.

ASV: 3ASV

And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

WEB: 4WEB

Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

ASV: 4ASV

And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:

WEB: 5WEB

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.”

ASV: 5ASV

and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.

WEB: 6WEB

I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle 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.

ASV: 6ASV

And 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 forth into all the earth.

WEB: 7WEB

Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

ASV: 7ASV

And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

WEB: 8WEB

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.

ASV: 8ASV

And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

WEB: 9WEB

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,

ASV: 9ASV

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

WEB: 10WEB

and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.”

ASV: 10ASV

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

WEB: 11WEB

I looked, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands,

ASV: 11ASV

And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

WEB: 12WEB

saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

ASV: 12ASV

saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

WEB: 13WEB

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!”

ASV: 13ASV

And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

WEB: 14WEB

The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.

ASV: 14ASV

And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.