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Revelation 4
New King James Version

### The Throne Room of Heaven(A)

4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing (B)open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a (C)trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

2 Immediately (D)I was in the Spirit; and behold, (E)a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 [a]And He who sat there was (F)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; (G)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 (H)Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, (I)clothed in white [b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded (J)lightnings, [c]thunderings, and voices. (K)Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are (L)the[d] seven Spirits of God.

6 Before the throne there [e]was (M)a sea of glass, like crystal. (N)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 (O)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having (P)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

(Q)“Holy,[f] holy, holy,
(R)Lord God Almighty,
(S)Who was and is and is to come!”

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, (T)who lives forever and ever, 10 (U)the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

11 “You(V) are worthy, [g]O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
(W)For You created all things,
And by (X)Your will they [h]exist and were created.”

#### Footnotes

1. Revelation 4:3 M omits And He who sat there was, making the following a description of the throne.
2. Revelation 4:4 NU, M robes, with crowns
3. Revelation 4:5 NU, M voices, and thunderings.
4. Revelation 4:5 M omits the
5. Revelation 4:6 NU, M add something like
6. Revelation 4:8 M has holy nine times.
7. Revelation 4:11 NU, M our Lord and God
8. Revelation 4:11 NU, M existed

#### Cross references

1. Revelation 4:1 : Is. 6:1–3
2. Revelation 4:1 : Ezek. 1:1; Rev. 19:11
3. Revelation 4:1 : Rev. 1:10
4. Revelation 4:2 : Rev. 1:10
5. Revelation 4:2 : 1 Kin. 22:19; Is. 6:1; Ezek. 1:26; Dan. 7:9; Rev. 3:21; 4:9
6. Revelation 4:3 : Matt. 5:8; Rev. 21:11
7. Revelation 4:3 : Gen. 9:13–17; Ezek. 1:28; Rev. 10:1
8. Revelation 4:4 : Rev. 11:16
9. Revelation 4:4 : Rev. 3:4, 5
10. Revelation 4:5 : Gen. 49:9, 10; Ex. 19:16; Rev. 8:5; 11:19; 16:18
11. Revelation 4:5 : Ex. 37:23
12. Revelation 4:5 : 2 Sam. 7:12; [Rev. 1:4]
13. Revelation 4:6 : Ex. 38:8; Ezek. 1:22; Rev. 15:2
14. Revelation 4:6 : Ezek. 1:5; Rev. 4:8; 5:6; 6:1, 6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
15. Revelation 4:7 : Ezek. 1:10; 10:14
16. Revelation 4:8 : Is. 6:2
17. Revelation 4:8 : Is. 6:3
18. Revelation 4:8 : Rev. 1:8
19. Revelation 4:8 : Rev. 1:4
20. Revelation 4:9 : Rev. 1:18
21. Revelation 4:10 : Rev. 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16; 19:4
22. Revelation 4:11 : Rev. 1:6; 5:12
23. Revelation 4:11 : Gen. 1:1; John 1:3
24. Revelation 4:11 : Col. 1:16

New King James Version (NKJV)

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