He came and took the scroll[a] out of the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

The Lamb Is Worthy

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song:(A)

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed[b] people[c]
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:7 Other mss include the scroll
  2. Revelation 5:9 Or purchased
  3. Revelation 5:9 Other mss read us

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