Revelation 5:1–10

The Lamb Takes the Scroll

5And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne ^aa scroll written inside and on the back, ^bsealed with seven seals. ²Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ^c“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” ³And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

⁴So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open ¹and read the scroll, or to look at it. ⁵But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, ^dthe Lion of the tribe of ^eJudah, ^fthe Root of David, has ^gprevailed to open the scroll ^hand ²to loose its seven seals.”

⁶And I looked, ³and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood ⁱa Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and ^jseven eyes, which are ^kthe seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^lof Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy is the Lamb

⁸Now when He had taken the scroll, ^mthe four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ⁿprayers of the saints. ⁹And ^othey sang a new song, saying:

^p“You are worthy to take the scroll,

And to open its seals;

For You were slain,

And ^qhave redeemed us to God ^rby Your blood

Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

¹⁰And have made ⁴us ^skings ⁵and ^tpriests to our God;

And ⁶we shall reign on the earth.”