Revelation 5 — Berean Standard Bible

¹ Then 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. ² And 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. ⁴ And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll [or] look inside it. ⁵ Then 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. ⁶ Then 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. ⁷ And He came and took [the scroll] from the right hand of the [One] seated on the throne. ⁸ When 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. ⁹ And 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. ¹⁰ You have made them {to be} a kingdom and priests to [ serve ] our God, and they will reign upon the earth. ¹¹ Then 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. ¹² In 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! ¹³ And 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! ¹⁴ And the four living creatures said, “Amen, and the elders fell down and worshiped.