| 4:1 | After these things I looked, and there was* a door standing open in heaven!* And the first voice I had heard speaking to me* like a trumpet* said: “Come up here so that* I can show you what must happen after these things.” |
| 4:2 | Immediately I was in the Spirit,* and* a throne was standing* in heaven with someone seated on it! |
| 4:3 | And the one seated on it was like jasper* and carnelian* in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald* encircled the throne. |
| 4:4 | In* a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were* dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns* on their heads. |
| 4:5 | From* the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring* and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God,* were burning in front of the throne |
| 4:6 | and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal.* In* the middle of the throne* and around the throne were four living creatures* full of eyes in front and in back. |
| 4:7 | The* first living creature was like a lion, the* second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying. |
| 4:8 | Each one of the four living creatures had six wings* and was full of eyes all around and inside.* They never rest day or night, saying:* “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful,* Who was and who is, and who is still to come!” |
| 4:9 | And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor,* and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, |
| 4:10 | the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground* before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns* before his* throne, saying: |
| 4:11 | “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”* |
Revelation 4 - NET Bible [draft]
