Revelation 5

¹Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the [One] seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides [and was] sealed with seven seals.

²And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

³[But] no one in heaven [or] on earth [or] under the earth was able to open the scroll [or] look inside it.

⁴And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll [or] look inside it.

⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “{Do} not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in [the] center of the throne, [encircled by] the four living creatures and the elders. [The Lamb] had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

⁷And He came and took [the scroll] from the right hand of the [One] seated on the throne.

⁸When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁹And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God [those] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

¹⁰You have made them {to be} a kingdom and priests to [ serve ] our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard [the] voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

¹²In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

¹³And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that [is] in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever [and] ever!”

¹⁴And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.