Revelation 5–6

CHAPTER 5

The Scroll and the Lamb

¹Then I saw ¹in the right hand of Him who ^asits on the throne a ^bscroll written inside and on the back, ^csealed up with seven seals.

²Then I saw a ^astrong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

³And no one ^ain heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

⁴Then I was crying greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

⁵And one of the elders ^*said to me, “Stop crying! Behold, the ^aLion that is ^bfrom the tribe of Judah, the ^cRoot of David, has overcome so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶Then I saw in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of ^athe elders a ^bLamb standing, as if ^cslain, having seven ^dhorns and ^eseven eyes, which are ^fthe seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁷And He came and took ^athe scroll out of the right hand of Him who ^bsits on the throne.

⁸And when He had taken the scroll, the ^afour living creatures and the ^btwenty-four elders ^cfell down before the ^dLamb, each one having a ^eharp and ^fgolden bowls full of incense, which are the ^gprayers of the ¹saints.

⁹And they ^*sang a ^anew song, saying,

“^bWorthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were ^cslain and ^dpurchased for God with Your blood people from ^eevery tribe and tongue and people and nation.

¹⁰“And You made them to be a ^akingdom and ^bpriests to our God, and they will ^creign upon the earth.”

Angels Worship the Lamb

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels ^aaround the throne and the ^bliving creatures and the ^celders; and the number of them was ^dmyriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

¹²saying with a loud voice,

“^aWorthy is the ^bLamb that was ^cslain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”

¹³And ^aevery created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,

“To Him who ^bsits on the throne, and to the ^cLamb, ^dbe the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.”

¹⁴And the ^afour living creatures kept saying, “^bAmen.” And the ^celders ^dfell down and worshiped.

CHAPTER 6

The Seven Seals

¹Then I looked when the ^aLamb opened one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “¹Come.”

²Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ^ba crown was given to him, and he went out ^covercoming and to overcome.

³And when He opened the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature saying, “Come.”

⁴And another, ^aa red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to ^btake peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

⁵And when He opened the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse; and he who sits on it had a ^cpair of scales in his hand.

⁶And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^afour living creatures saying, “One ¹choinix of wheat for one ²denarius, and three ³choinix of barley for one ⁴denarius, and ^bdo not harm the oil and the wine.”

⁷And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature saying, “Come.”

⁸Then I looked, and behold, a ^apale horse; and he who sits on it had the name ^bDeath, and ^cHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^dto kill with sword and with famine and with ¹pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been slain ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^ewitness which they had maintained;

¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^aHow long, O ^bMaster, ^choly and true? ¹Will You not ^djudge and avenge our blood on ^ethose who dwell on the earth?”

¹¹And ^aa white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should ^brest for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^dcompleted also.

¹²Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became black as ^csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

¹³and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^bas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

^14aAnd the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^bevery mountain and island were moved out of their places.

¹⁵Then ^athe kings of the earth and the great men and the ¹commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man ^bhid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶and they ^*asaid to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ¹presence of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the ^2cwrath of the Lamb,

¹⁷for ^athe great ^bday of their ¹wrath has come, and ^cwho is able to stand?”