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Revelation 4
New International Version

### The Throne in Heaven

4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open(A)in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet(B)said,“Come up here,(C)and I will show you what must take place after this.”(D)2 At once I was in the Spirit,(E)and there before me was a throne in heaven(F)with someone sitting on it.3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper(G)and ruby.(H)A rainbow(I)that shone like an emerald(J)encircled the throne.4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.(K)They were dressed in white(L)and had crowns of gold on their heads.5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(M)In front of the throne, seven lamps(N)were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a](O)of God.6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(P)clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(Q)and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(R)7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.(S)8 Each of the four living creatures(T)had six wings(U)and was covered with eyes all around,(V)even under its wings. Day and night(W)they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[b](X)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(Y)

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne(Z)and who lives for ever and ever,(AA)10 the twenty-four elders(AB)fall down before him(AC)who sits on the throne(AD)and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,(AE)
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”(AF)

#### Footnotes

1. Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
2. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3

#### Cross references

1. Revelation 4:1:S Mt 3:16
2. Revelation 4:1:Rev 1:10
3. Revelation 4:1:Rev 11:12
4. Revelation 4:1:Rev 1:19; 22:6
5. Revelation 4:2:S Rev 1:10
6. Revelation 4:2:ver 9, 10; 1Ki 22:19; Isa 6:1; Eze 1:26-28; Da 7:9; Rev 20:11
7. Revelation 4:3:Rev 21:11
8. Revelation 4:3:Rev 21:20
9. Revelation 4:3:Eze 1:28; Rev 10:1
10. Revelation 4:3:Rev 21:19
11. Revelation 4:4:ver 10; Rev 5:6, 8, 14; 11:16; 19:4
12. Revelation 4:4:S Rev 3:4, 5
13. Revelation 4:5:Ex 19:16; Rev 8:5; 11:19; 16:18
14. Revelation 4:5:Zec 4:2
15. Revelation 4:5:S Rev 1:4
16. Revelation 4:6:Rev 15:2
17. Revelation 4:6:ver 8, 9; Eze 1:5; Rev 5:6; 6:1; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
18. Revelation 4:6:Eze 1:18; 10:12
19. Revelation 4:7:Eze 1:10; 10:14
20. Revelation 4:8:S ver 6
21. Revelation 4:8:Isa 6:2
22. Revelation 4:8:Eze 1:18
23. Revelation 4:8:Rev 14:11
24. Revelation 4:8:Isa 6:3; S Rev 1:8
25. Revelation 4:8:S Rev 1:4
26. Revelation 4:9:ver 2; Ps 47:8; S Rev 5:1
27. Revelation 4:9:S Rev 1:18
28. Revelation 4:10:S ver 4
29. Revelation 4:10:Dt 33:3; Rev 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16
30. Revelation 4:10:S ver 2
31. Revelation 4:11:Rev 1:6; 5:12
32. Revelation 4:11:Ac 14:15; Rev 10:6

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