Revelation 4 (NET)

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Revelation 4:1¹After 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 11:12 Exod 24:12 Rev 1:19 Rev 1:10 Mark 1:10 Rev 1:1-3 Exod 34:2-3 Rev 16:17 Rev 22:6 Acts 7:56

Revelation 4:2²Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:19 Rev 1:10 Isa 6:1 Ezek 3:12-14 Ezek 1:26 Dan 7:9 Rev 4:5 Rev 4:9 Rev 5:1 Rev 5:13

Revelation 4:3³And 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 1:28 Gen 9:13-16 Rev 21:11 Rev 10:1 Ezek 28:13 Ezek 1:26 Rev 21:19-20 Exod 24:10 Exod 39:11 Exod 28:18

Revelation 4:4⁴In 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:28 Rev 11:16 Rev 4:10 Rev 20:4 Rev 7:11 2 Tim 4:8 Luke 22:30 Rev 3:4-5 Rev 5:14 Rev 5:8

Revelation 4:5⁵From 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 throneCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 11:19 Rev 8:5 Rev 1:4 Rev 16:17-18 Rev 5:6 Exod 19:16 Rev 3:1 Zech 4:2 Exod 20:18 Joel 3:16

Revelation 4:6⁶and 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 15:2 Rev 5:6 Rev 14:3 Rev 4:8-9 Ezek 10:12 Ezek 10:14 Rev 19:4 Rev 5:14-6:1 Ezek 1:4-28 Rev 7:11

Revelation 4:7⁷The 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 10:14 Ezek 1:10 Ezek 10:21 Dan 7:4 Ezek 1:8 Rev 4:6

Revelation 4:8⁸Each 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!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 6:2-13 Rev 1:8 Heb 13:8 Exod 15:11 Rev 4:6 Ezek 10:21-22 Rev 15:3 Rev 16:7 Ezek 1:6 Ps 91:1

Revelation 4:9⁹And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:13-14 Rev 10:6 Rev 7:11-12 Rev 15:7 Ps 47:8 Rev 1:18 Dan 4:34 Dan 12:7 Exod 15:18 Heb 7:8

Revelation 4:10¹⁰the 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:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:8 Ps 95:6 Rev 19:4 Rev 11:16 1 Chr 29:11-16 Rev 4:4 Rev 5:14 Rev 7:11 Ps 72:11 Rev 15:4

Revelation 4:11¹¹“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!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 1:16-17 Rev 5:12 Isa 40:28 Prov 16:4 John 1:1-3 Rev 10:6 Rev 14:7 Rev 5:9 Rom 11:36 Heb 1:10

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