Revelation 5 (NET)

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Revelation 5:1¹Then 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 2:9-10 Isa 29:11 Rev 5:7 Dan 12:4-9 Rev 6:1 Rev 10:2 Rev 5:13 Rev 10:8-11 Rev 4:3 Isa 8:16

Revelation 5:2²And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 29:11-12 Rev 5:5 Rev 10:1 Isa 41:22-23 Ps 103:20 Rev 18:21

Revelation 5:3³But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:13 Isa 40:13-14 Rom 11:34 Isa 41:28

Revelation 5:4⁴So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 12:8-9 Rev 4:1

Revelation 5:5⁵Then 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 11:1 Jer 23:5-6 Rev 22:16 Rom 15:12 Heb 7:14 Isa 11:10 Rom 1:3 Gen 49:9-10 Rev 6:1 Jer 31:16

Revelation 5:6⁶Then 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 4:10 John 1:29 Rev 5:12 Zech 3:9 John 1:36 Rev 13:8 Dan 7:14 Isa 53:7-8 Rev 1:4 1 Pet 1:19-20

Revelation 5:7⁷Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:1 Rev 4:2-3

Revelation 5:8⁸and 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).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 141:2 Rev 8:3-4 Phil 2:9-11 Rev 4:10 Ps 33:2 Rev 14:2-3 Rev 5:14 Rev 4:4 Rev 4:8 Rev 7:10-12

Revelation 5:9⁹They 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:18-19 1 John 1:7 Matt 26:28 Rom 3:24-26 Ps 40:3 Rev 5:12 1 Cor 6:20 Rev 14:6 Acts 20:28 Matt 20:28

Revelation 5:10¹⁰You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 1:6 Dan 7:27 Rev 20:6 Dan 7:18 Rev 22:5 1 Pet 2:5-9 Exod 19:6

Revelation 5:11¹¹Then 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—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 7:10 Heb 12:22 Ps 148:2 Rev 4:4 Rev 4:6 Ps 68:17 Rev 19:6 2 Kgs 6:16-18 Rev 4:9-10 Rev 5:14

Revelation 5:12¹²all 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!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:9 Rev 19:1 Rev 4:11 John 17:2 2 Cor 8:9 Rev 7:12 Matt 28:18 John 1:29 1 Tim 1:17 John 3:35-36

Revelation 5:13¹³Then 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!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 2:10 1 Chr 29:11 Ps 148:2-13 Rev 5:12 1 Pet 5:11 Isa 42:10 Ps 96:11-13 Rev 5:3 Rom 11:36 Luke 2:14

Revelation 5:14¹⁴And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 19:4 Rev 4:9-11 Rev 5:8 Rev 5:6 Rev 7:12

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