| 5:1 | Then* I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back* and sealed with seven seals.* |
| 5:2 | And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” |
| 5:3 | But* no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. |
| 5:4 | So* I began weeping bitterly* because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. |
| 5:5 | Then* one of the elders said* to me, “Stop weeping!* Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered;* thus he can open* the scroll and its seven seals.” |
| 5:6 | Then* I saw standing in the middle of the throne* and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed.* He had* seven horns and seven eyes, which* are the seven* spirits of God* sent out into all the earth. |
| 5:7 | Then* he came and took the scroll* from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, |
| 5:8 | and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground* before the Lamb. Each* of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).* |
| 5:9 | They were singing a new song:* “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed,* and at the cost of your own blood* you have purchased* for God persons* from every tribe, language,* people, and nation. |
| 5:10 | You have appointed* them* as a kingdom and priests* to serve* our God, and they will reign* on the earth.” |
| 5:11 | Then* I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their* number was ten thousand times ten thousand* – thousands times thousands – |
| 5:12 | all of whom* were singing* in a loud voice: “Worthy is the lamb who was killed* to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” |
| 5:13 | Then* I heard every creature – in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them – singing:* “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power* forever and ever!” |
| 5:14 | And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground* and worshiped. |
Revelation 5 - NET Bible [draft]
