Scene in Heaven
4 After (A)these things I looked, and behold, (B)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, (C)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “(D)Come up here, and I will (E)show you what must take place after these things.” 2 Immediately I was (F)in the Spirit; and behold, (G)a throne was standing in heaven, and (H)someone was sitting on the throne. 3 And He who was sitting was like a (I)jasper stone and a (J)sardius in appearance; and there was a (K)rainbow around the throne, like an (L)emerald in appearance. 4 (M)Around the throne were (N)twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw (O)twenty-four elders (P)sitting, clothed in (Q)white garments, and (R)golden crowns on their heads.
The Throne and Worship of the Creator
5 Out from the throne *came (S)flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were (T)seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are (U)the seven spirits of God; 6 and before the throne there was something like a (V)sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and (W)around the throne, (X)four living creatures (Y)full of eyes in front and behind. 7 (Z)The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And the (AA)four living creatures, each one of them having (AB)six wings, are (AC)full of eyes around and within; and (AD)day and night they do not cease to say,
“(AE)Holy, holy, holy is the (AF)Lord God, the Almighty, (AG)who was and who is and who is to come.”
9 And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who (AH)sits on the throne, to (AI)Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the (AJ)twenty-four elders will (AK)fall down before Him who (AL)sits on the throne, and they will worship (AM)Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their (AN)crowns before the throne, saying,
11 “(AO)Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You (AP)created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 4:2
- Revelation 4:3
- Revelation 4:5
- Revelation 4:6
- Revelation 4:8
- Revelation 4:8
- Revelation 4:11
Cross references
- Revelation 4:1 : Rev 1:12ff, 19
- Revelation 4:1 : Ezek 1:1; Rev 19:11
- Revelation 4:1 : Rev 1:10
- Revelation 4:1 : Rev 11:12
- Revelation 4:1 : Rev 1:19; 22:6
- Revelation 4:2 : Rev 1:10
- Revelation 4:2 : 1 Kin 22:19; Is 6:1; Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:9; Rev 4:9f
- Revelation 4:2 : Rev 4:9
- Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:11
- Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:20
- Revelation 4:3 : Ezek 1:28; Rev 10:1
- Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:19
- Revelation 4:4 : Rev 4:6; 5:11; 7:11
- Revelation 4:4 : Rev 11:16
- Revelation 4:4 : Rev 4:10; 5:6, 8, 14; 19:4
- Revelation 4:4 : Matt 19:28; Rev 20:4
- Revelation 4:4 : Rev 3:18
- Revelation 4:4 : Rev 4:10
- Revelation 4:5 : Ex 19:16; Rev 8:5; 11:19; 16:18
- Revelation 4:5 : Ex 25:37; Zech 4:2
- Revelation 4:5 : Rev 1:4
- Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:22; Rev 15:2; 21:18, 21
- Revelation 4:6 : Rev 4:4
- Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:5; Rev 4:8f; 5:6; 6:1, 6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
- Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:18; 10:12
- Revelation 4:7 : Ezek 1:10; 10:14
- Revelation 4:8 : Ezek 1:5; Rev 4:6, 9; 5:6; 6:1, 6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
- Revelation 4:8 : Is 6:2
- Revelation 4:8 : Ezek 1:18; 10:12
- Revelation 4:8 : Rev 14:11
- Revelation 4:8 : Is 6:3
- Revelation 4:8 : Rev 1:8
- Revelation 4:8 : Rev 1:4
- Revelation 4:9 : Ps 47:8; Is 6:1; Rev 4:2
- Revelation 4:9 : Deut 32:40; Dan 4:34; 12:7; Rev 10:6; 15:7
- Revelation 4:10 : Rev 4:4
- Revelation 4:10 : Rev 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16; 19:4
- Revelation 4:10 : Ps 47:8; Is 6:1; Rev 4:2
- Revelation 4:10 : Deut 32:40; Dan 4:34; 12:7
- Revelation 4:10 : Rev 4:4; 10:6; 15:7
- Revelation 4:11 : Rev 1:6; 5:12
- Revelation 4:11 : Acts 14:15; Rev 10:6; 14:7
