New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 5:3-10

3And no one 1in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the 2book or to look into it. 4Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the 3book or to look into it; 5and one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the 4Lion that is 5from the tribe of Judah, the 6Root of David, has overcome so as to open the 7book and its seven seals.”

6And I saw 8between the throne (with the four living creatures) and 9the elders a 10Lamb standing, as if 11slain, having seven 12horns and 13seven eyes, which are 14the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. 7And He came and took 15the book out of the right hand of Him who 16sat on the throne. 8When He had taken the 17book, the 18four living creatures and the 19twenty-four elders 20fell down before the 21Lamb, each one holding a 22harp and 23golden bowls full of incense, which are the 24prayers of the 25saints. 9And they sang a 26new song, saying, “27Worthy are You to take the 28book and to break its seals; for You were 29slain, and 30purchased for God with Your blood men from 31every tribe and tongue and people and nation. 10You have made them to be a 32kingdom and 33priests to our God; and they will 34reign upon the earth.”

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Notes

1. Revelation 5:3 Phil 2:10; Rev 5:13 ↩
2. Revelation 5:3 Or scroll ↩
3. Revelation 5:4 Or scroll ↩
4. Revelation 5:5 Gen 49:9 ↩
5. Revelation 5:5 Heb 7:14 ↩
6. Revelation 5:5 Is 11:1, 10; Rom 15:12; Rev 22:16 ↩
7. Revelation 5:5 Or scroll ↩
8. Revelation 5:6 Lit in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders ↩
9. Revelation 5:6 Rev 4:4; 5:8, 14 ↩
10. Revelation 5:6 John 1:29; Rev 5:8, 12f; 13:8 ↩
11. Revelation 5:6 Rev 5:9, 12; 13:8 ↩
12. Revelation 5:6 Dan 8:3f ↩
13. Revelation 5:6 Zech 3:9; 4:10 ↩
14. Revelation 5:6 Rev 1:4 ↩
15. Revelation 5:7 Rev 5:1 ↩
16. Revelation 5:7 Rev 5:1 ↩
17. Revelation 5:8 Or scroll ↩
18. Revelation 5:8 Rev 4:6; 5:6, 11, 14 ↩
19. Revelation 5:8 Rev 4:4; 5:14 ↩
20. Revelation 5:8 Rev 4:10 ↩
21. Revelation 5:8 John 1:29; Rev 5:6, 12f; 13:8 ↩
22. Revelation 5:8 Rev 14:2; 15:2 ↩
23. Revelation 5:8 Rev 15:7 ↩
24. Revelation 5:8 Ps 141:2; Rev 8:3f ↩
25. Revelation 5:8 Or holy ones ↩
26. Revelation 5:9 Ps 33:3; 40:3; 98:1; 149:1; Is 42:10; Rev 14:3; 15:3 ↩
27. Revelation 5:9 Rev 4:11 ↩
28. Revelation 5:9 Or scroll ↩
29. Revelation 5:9 Rev 5:6, 12; 13:8 ↩
30. Revelation 5:9 1 Cor 6:20; Rev 14:3f ↩
31. Revelation 5:9 Dan 3:4; 5:19; Rev 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 17:15 ↩
32. Revelation 5:10 Rev 1:6 ↩
33. Revelation 5:10 Rev 1:6 ↩
34. Revelation 5:10 Rev 3:21; 20:4 ↩

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