Revelation 4

1 After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

2 And at once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

3 He looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had the face of a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

1 ¶ After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.

3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.

8 ¶ And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

1 After these things I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard speak unto me as a trumpet, saying, Come up hither; I will shew thee things which must come to pass after these things.

2 And immediately I was in the spirit. And, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and there sat one upon the throne.

3 And he that sat was like unto the stone of jasper and sardis: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were twenty and four chairs: and upon the chairs sat twenty and four elders clothed in white raiment, having on their heads crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices: and seven lamps of fire burned before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne was a sea of glass like unto crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four beasts full of eyes, before and behind.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face like a man, and the fourth beast like a flying eagle.

8 And every one of the four beasts had six wings round about, and were full of eyes within: and they had no rest day or night, saying: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

9 And when the beasts gave glory and honour and thanks unto him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10 And the four and twenty elders fell down before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, and said:

11 O LORD, thou art worthy to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they have the being and are created.