Each of the four living creatures had six wings;(A) they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night(B) they never stop,[a] saying,

Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God, the Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is to come.(C)

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,(D) 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne(E) and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,

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  1. 4:8 Or rest

Then I saw one like a slaughtered lamb(A) standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God(B) sent into all the earth. He went and took the scroll out of the right hand of the one seated on the throne.

The Lamb Is Worthy

When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(C) and golden bowls(D) filled with incense,(E) which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song:(F)

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slaughtered,
and you purchased[a] people[b]
for God by your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.(G)
10 You made them a kingdom[c]
and priests to our God,(H)
and they will reign on the earth.

11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.(I) 12 They said with a loud voice,

Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered
to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing!

13 I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth,(J) on the sea, and everything in them say,(K)

Blessing and honor and glory and power
be to the one seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb, forever and ever!

14 The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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  1. 5:9 Or redeemed
  2. 5:9 Other mss read us
  3. 5:10 Other mss read them kings

11 All the angels stood around the throne, and along with the elders and the four living creatures they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

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16 The twenty-four elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God,

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