¹After ^athese things I looked, and behold, ^ba door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, ^clike the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “^dCome up here, and I will ^eshow you what must take place after these things.”

²Immediately I was ¹^ain the Spirit, and behold, ^ba throne was standing in heaven, and ^cOne sitting on the throne.

³And He who was sitting was like a ^ajasper stone and a ^bsardius in appearance; and there was a ¹^crainbow around the throne, like an ^demerald in appearance.

⁴^aAround the throne were ^btwenty-four thrones, and upon those thrones I saw ^ctwenty-four elders ^dsitting, clothed in ^ewhite garments, and ^fgolden crowns on their heads.

⁵And out from the throne come ^aflashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were ^bseven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are ^cthe seven Spirits of God.

⁶And before the throne there was something like a ^asea of glass, like crystal. And in the ¹center and ^baround the throne, ^cfour living creatures ^dfull of eyes in front and behind.

⁷^aAnd the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

⁸And the ^afour living creatures, each one of them having ^bsix wings, are ^cfull of eyes around and within, and ^dday and night ¹they do not cease to say,

“^eHoly, holy, holy is the ²^fLord God, the Almighty, ^gwho was and who is and who ³is to come.”

⁹And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who ^asits on the throne, to ^bHim who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰the ^atwenty-four elders will ^bfall down before Him who ^csits on the throne, and will worship ^dHim who lives forever and ever, and will cast their ^ecrowns before the throne, saying,

¹¹“^aWorthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You ^bcreated all things, and because of Your will they ¹existed, and were created.”

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Footnotes

1Or in spirit
1Or halo
1Lit middle of the throne and around
1Lit they have no rest, saying,
2In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 6:3
3Or is coming
1Lit were

Cross references

a Rev 1:12ff, 19
b Ezek 1:1; Rev 19:11
c Rev 1:10
d Rev 11:12
e Rev 1:19; 22:6
a Rev 1:10
b 1 Kin 22:19; Is 6:1; Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:9; Rev 4:9f
c Rev 4:9
a Rev 21:11
b Rev 21:20
c Ezek 1:28; Rev 10:1
d Rev 21:19
a Rev 4:6; 5:11; 7:11
b Rev 11:16
c Rev 4:10; 5:6, 8, 14; 19:4
d Matt 19:28; Rev 20:4
e Rev 3:18
f Rev 4:10
a Ex 19:16; Rev 8:5; 11:19; 16:18
b Ex 25:37; Zech 4:2
c Rev 1:4
a Ezek 1:22; Rev 15:2; 21:18, 21
b Rev 4:4
c Ezek 1:5; Rev 4:8f; 5:6; 6:1, 6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
d Ezek 1:18; 10:12
a Ezek 1:10; 10:14
a Ezek 1:5; Rev 4:6, 9; 5:6; 6:1, 6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
b Is 6:2
c Ezek 1:18; 10:12
d Rev 14:11
e Is 6:3
f Rev 1:8
g Rev 1:4
a Ps 47:8; Is 6:1; Rev 4:2
b Deut 32:40; Dan 4:34; 12:7; Rev 10:6; 15:7
a Rev 4:4
b Rev 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16; 19:4
c Ps 47:8; Is 6:1; Rev 4:2
d Deut 32:40; Dan 4:34; 12:7
e Rev 4:4; 10:6; 15:7
a Rev 1:6; 5:12
b Acts 14:15; Rev 10:6; 14:7