(A)Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And (B)this was their appearance: they had (C)the likeness of a man.

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and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.(A) In appearance their form was human,(B)

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The four living creatures, each having (A)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

(B)“Holy,[a] holy, holy,
(C)Lord God Almighty,
(D)Who was and is and is to come!”

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  1. Revelation 4:8 M has holy nine times.

Each of the four living creatures(A) had six wings(B) and was covered with eyes all around,(C) even under its wings. Day and night(D) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[a](E)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(F)

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  1. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3

And I looked, [a]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood (A)a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and (B)seven eyes, which are (C)the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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  1. Revelation 5:6 NU, M I saw in the midst . . . a Lamb standing

Then I saw a Lamb,(A) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(B) and the elders.(C) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(D) which are the seven spirits[a](E) of God sent out into all the earth.

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  1. Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

First Seal: The Conqueror

Now (A)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the [a]seals; and I heard (B)one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”

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  1. Revelation 6:1 NU, M seven seals

The Seals

I watched as the Lamb(A) opened the first of the seven seals.(B) Then I heard one of the four living creatures(C) say in a voice like thunder,(D) “Come!”

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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A [a]quart of wheat for a [b]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and (A)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

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  1. Revelation 6:6 Gr. choinix, about 1 quart
  2. Revelation 6:6 About 1 day’s wage for a worker

Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures,(A) saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d](B) and do not damage(C) the oil and the wine!”

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  1. Revelation 6:6 Or about 1 kilogram
  2. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius
  3. Revelation 6:6 Or about 3 kilograms
  4. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius

11 (A)All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and (B)worshiped God,

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11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders(A) and the four living creatures.(B) They fell down on their faces(C) before the throne and worshiped God,

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They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song (A)except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

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And they sang a new song(A) before the throne and before the four living creatures(B) and the elders.(C) No one could learn the song except the 144,000(D) who had been redeemed from the earth.

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(A)Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God (B)who lives forever and ever.

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Then one of the four living creatures(A) gave to the seven angels(B) seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.(C)

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And (A)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, (B)“Amen! Alleluia!”

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The twenty-four elders(A) and the four living creatures(B) fell down(C) and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

“Amen, Hallelujah!”(D)

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