Revelation 4-8 (New American Standard Bible)

Revelation 4

Scene in Heaven

 ¹After ^(A)these things I looked, and behold, ^(B)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, ^(C)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "^(D)Come up here, and I will ^(E)show you what must take place after these things."

 ²Immediately I was ^[a](F)in the Spirit; and behold, ^(G)a throne was standing in heaven, and ^(H)One sitting on the throne.

 ³And He who was sitting was like a ^(I)jasper stone and a ^(J)sardius in appearance; and there was a ^(K)rainbow around the throne, like an ^(L)emerald in appearance.

 ^4(M)Around the throne were ^(N)twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw ^(O)twenty-four elders ^(P)sitting, clothed in ^(Q)white garments, and ^(R)golden crowns on their heads.

The Throne and Worship of the Creator

 ⁵Out from the throne come ^(S)flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder And there were ^(T)seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are ^(U)the seven Spirits of God;

 ⁶and before the throne there was something like a ^(V)sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and ^(W)around the throne, ^(X)four living creatures ^(Y)full of eyes in front and behind.

 ^7(Z)The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

 ⁸And the ^(AA)four living creatures, each one of them having ^(AB)six wings, are ^(AC)full of eyes around and within; and ^(AD)day and night they do not cease to say, "^(AE)HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE ^(AF)LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, ^(AG)WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."

 ⁹And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who ^(AH)sits on the throne, to ^(AI)Him who lives forever and ever,

 ¹⁰the ^(AJ)twenty-four elders will ^(AK)fall down before Him who ^(AL)sits on the throne, and will worship ^(AM)Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their ^(AN)crowns before the throne, saying,

 ¹¹"^(AO)Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You ^(AP)created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."

Revelation 5

The Book with Seven Seals

 ¹I saw in the right hand of Him who ^(AQ)sat on the throne a ^(AR)book written inside and on the back, ^(AS)sealed up with seven seals.

 ²And I saw a ^(AT)strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?"

 ³And no one ^(AU)in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.

 ⁴Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

 ⁵and one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the ^(AV)Lion that is ^(AW)from the tribe of Judah, the ^(AX)Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."

 ⁶And I saw ^[b]between the throne (with the four living creatures) and ^(AY)the elders a ^(AZ)Lamb standing, as if ^(BA)slain, having seven ^(BB)horns and ^(BC)seven eyes, which are ^(BD)the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

 ⁷And He came and took ^(BE)the book out of the right hand of Him who ^(BF)sat on the throne.

 ⁸When He had taken the book, the ^(BG)four living creatures and the ^(BH)twenty-four elders ^(BI)fell down before the ^(BJ)Lamb, each one holding a ^(BK)harp and ^(BL)golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(BM)prayers of the saints.

 ⁹And they sang a ^(BN)new song, saying, "^(BO)Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were ^(BP)slain, and ^(BQ)purchased for God with Your blood men from ^(BR)every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

 ¹⁰"You have made them to be a ^(BS)kingdom and ^(BT)priests to our God; and they will ^(BU)reign upon the earth."

Angels Exalt the Lamb

 ¹¹Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels ^(BV)around the throne and the ^(BW)living creatures and the ^(BX)elders; and the number of them was ^(BY)myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

 ¹²saying with a loud voice, "^(BZ)Worthy is the ^(CA)Lamb that was ^(CB)slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."

 ¹³And ^(CC)every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who ^(CD)sits on the throne, and to the ^(CE)Lamb, ^(CF)be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."

 ¹⁴And the ^(CG)four living creatures kept saying, "^(CH)Amen " And the ^(CI)elders ^(CJ)fell down and worshiped.

Revelation 6

The First Seal--Rider on White Horse

 ¹Then I saw when the ^(CK)Lamb broke one of the ^(CL)seven seals, and I heard one of the ^(CM)four living creatures saying as with a ^(CN)voice of thunder, "Come."

 ²I looked, and behold, a ^(CO)white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and ^(CP)a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(CQ)conquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal--War

 ³When He broke the second seal, I heard the ^(CR)second living creature saying, "Come."

 ⁴And another, ^(CS)a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to ^(CT)take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

The Third Seal--Famine

 ⁵When He broke the third seal, I heard the ^(CU)third living creature saying, "Come " I looked, and behold, a ^(CV)black horse; and he who sat on it had a ^(CW)pair of scales in his hand.

 ⁶And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ^(CX)four living creatures saying, "A ^[c]quart of wheat for a ^[d]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^(CY)do not damage the oil and the wine."

The Fourth Seal--Death

 ⁷When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^(CZ)fourth living creature saying, "Come."

 ⁸I looked, and behold, an ^(DA)ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name ^(DB)Death; and ^(DC)Hades was following with him Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(DD)to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal--Martyrs

 ⁹When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^(DE)underneath the ^(DF)altar the ^(DG)souls of those who had been slain ^(DH)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(DI)testimony which they had maintained;

 ¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "^(DJ)How long, O ^(DK)Lord, ^(DL)holy and true, will You refrain from ^(DM)judging and avenging our blood on ^(DN)those who dwell on the earth?"

 ¹¹And ^(DO)there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should ^(DP)rest for a little while longer, ^(DQ)until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^(DR)completed also.

The Sixth Seal--Terror

 ¹²I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^(DS)earthquake; and the ^(DT)sun became black as ^(DU)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

 ¹³and ^(DV)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^(DW)as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

 ^14(DX)The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^(DY)every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

 ¹⁵Then ^(DZ)the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^[e]commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

 ¹⁶and they ^(EA)said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him ^(EB)who sits on the throne, and from the ^(EC)wrath of the Lamb;

 ¹⁷for ^(ED)the great day of their wrath has come, and ^(EE)who is able to stand?"

Revelation 7

An Interlude

 ¹After this I saw ^(EF)four angels standing at the ^(EG)four corners of the earth, holding back ^(EH)the four winds of the earth, ^(EI)so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

 ²And I saw another angel ascending ^(EJ)from the rising of the sun, having the ^(EK)seal of ^(EL)the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the ^(EM)four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,

 ³saying, "^(EN)Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have ^(EO)sealed the bond-servants of our God on their ^(EP)foreheads."

The 144,000

 ⁴And I heard the ^(EQ)number of those who were sealed, ^(ER)one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

 ⁵from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

 ⁶from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

 ⁷from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

 ⁸from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

A Multitude from the Tribulation

 ⁹After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from ^(ES)every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing ^(ET)before the throne and ^(EU)before the Lamb, clothed in ^(EV)white robes, and ^(EW)palm branches were in their hands;

 ¹⁰and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "^(EX)Salvation to our God ^(EY)who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

 ¹¹And all the angels were standing ^(EZ)around the throne and around ^(FA)the elders and the ^(FB)four living creatures; and they ^(FC)fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

 ¹²saying, "^(FD)Amen, ^(FE)blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever ^(FF)Amen."

 ¹³Then one of the elders ^(FG)answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the ^(FH)white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?"

 ¹⁴I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the ^(FI)great tribulation, and they have ^(FJ)washed their robes and made them ^(FK)white in the ^(FL)blood of the Lamb.

 ¹⁵"For this reason, they are ^(FM)before the throne of God; and they ^(FN)serve Him day and night in His ^(FO)temple; and ^(FP)He who sits on the throne will spread His ^(FQ)tabernacle over them.

 ¹⁶"^(FR)They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;

 ¹⁷for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their ^(FS)shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the ^(FT)water of life; and ^(FU)God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

Revelation 8

The Seventh Seal--the Trumpets

 ¹When the Lamb broke the ^(FV)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

 ²And I saw ^(FW)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^(FX)trumpets were given to them.

 ^3(FY)Another angel came and stood at the ^(FZ)altar, holding a ^(GA)golden censer; and much ^(GB)incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the ^(GC)prayers of all the saints on the ^(GD)golden altar which was before the throne.

 ⁴And ^(GE)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.

 ⁵Then the angel took the censer and ^(GF)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(GG)threw it to the earth; and there followed ^(GH)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^(GI)earthquake.

 ^6(GJ)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

 ⁷The first sounded, and there came ^(GK)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and ^(GL)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(GM)a third of the ^(GN)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(GO)grass was burned up.

 ⁸The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(GP)mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^(GQ)a third of the ^(GR)sea became blood,

 ⁹and ^(GS)a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ^(GT)ships were destroyed.

 ¹⁰The third angel sounded, and a great star ^(GU)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^(GV)third of the rivers and on the ^(GW)springs of waters.

 ¹¹The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^(GX)third of the waters became ^(GY)wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

 ¹²The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(GZ)third of the ^(HA)sun and a third of the ^(HB)moon and a ^(HC)third of the ^(HD)stars were struck, so that a ^(HE)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(HF)third of it, and the night in the same way.

 ¹³Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in ^(HG)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "^(HH)Woe, woe, woe to ^(HI)those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(HJ)three angels who are about to sound!"