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And within it there were figures with the likeness of (A)four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the (B)likeness of a man.

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And the (A)four living creatures, each one of them having (B)six wings, are (C)full of eyes around and within, and (D)day and night [a]they do not cease to say,

(E)Holy, holy, holy is the [b](F)Lord God, the Almighty, (G)who was and who is and who [c]is to come.”

And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who (H)sits on the throne, to (I)Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the (J)twenty-four elders will (K)fall down before Him who (L)sits on the throne, and will worship (M)Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their (N)crowns before the throne, saying,

11 (O)Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You (P)created all things, and because of Your will they [d]existed, and were created.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:8 Lit they have no rest, saying,
  2. Revelation 4:8 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 6:3
  3. Revelation 4:8 Or is coming
  4. Revelation 4:11 Lit were

Then I saw in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of (A)the elders a (B)Lamb standing, as if (C)slain, having seven (D)horns and (E)seven eyes, which are (F)the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

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The Seven Seals

Then I looked when the (A)Lamb opened one of the (B)seven seals, and I heard one of the (C)four living creatures saying as with a (D)voice of thunder, “[a]Come.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:1 One early ms adds and see, so in v 3, 5, 7

And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the (A)four living creatures saying, “One [a]choinix of wheat for one [b]denarius, and three [c]choinix of barley for one [d]denarius, and (B)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:6 A choinix was approx. 1 qt. or 1 l
  2. Revelation 6:6 A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Revelation 6:6 A choinix was approx. 1 qt. or 1 l
  4. Revelation 6:6 A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage

11 And all the angels were standing (A)around the throne and (B)the elders and the (C)four living creatures, and they (D)fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

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And they *[a]sang (A)a new song before the throne and before the (B)four living creatures and the (C)elders. And (D)no one could learn that song except the (E)144,000 who had been (F)purchased from the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:3 Two early mss sing something like a new song

Then one of the (A)four living creatures gave to the (B)seven angels seven (C)golden bowls full of the (D)wrath of God, who (E)lives forever and ever.

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And the (A)twenty-four elders and the (B)four living creatures (C)fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “(D)Amen. (E)Hallelujah!”

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