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Revelation of John 4

The Throne in Heaven

1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me ^alike a trumpet, said, ^b“Come up here, and ^cI will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once ^dI was in the Spirit, and behold, ^ea throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of ^fjasper and carnelian, and around the throne was ^ga rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were ^htwenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders ⁱclothed in white garments, with ^jgolden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came ^kflashes of lightning, and rumblings ^{▼

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Or voices, or sounds} and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning ^mseven torches of fire ⁿwhich are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was ^oas it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are ^pfour living creatures ^qfull of eyes in front and behind: 7 ^rthe first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures ^seach of them with six wings, are ^tfull of eyes all around and within, and ^uday and night they never cease to say,

^v“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
^wwho was and is and is to come!”

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne ^xwho lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders ^yfall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast ^ztheir crowns before the throne, saying,

11 ^aa“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for ^abyou created all things,
and ^acby your will they existed and were created.”