Revelation 5:1–10

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.”