1And I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?”
3And no one in heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it.
4And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look at it.
5And one of the elders says to me, “Do not weep; behold, the Lion who is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6And I saw, in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing as though slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7And he came and took it out of the right hand of the one seated on the throne.
8And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9And they sing a new song, saying: “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and by your blood you purchased for God people out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10and you made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign upon the earth.
11And I looked, and I heard a voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
12saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”
13And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.”
14And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Open in the interactive reader →