⁶ Before the throne there ^[a]was ^(A)a sea of glass, like crystal. ^(B)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ^7 (C)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 ^(D)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

⁶ 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. ⁷ Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^(D)of Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(E)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(F)prayers of the saints.

¹⁴ Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the ^[a]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[b]Him who lives forever and ever.

First Seal: The Conqueror

6 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.”

⁶ 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.”