| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then I saw in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the outside, sealed with seven seals. | 1Then I saw in the right hand of the One seated on the throne a scroll with writing on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. |
| 2I also saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" | 2I also saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" |
| 3No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it. | 3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it. |
| 4I began to cry bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it. | 4And I cried and cried because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or even to look in it. |
| 5"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals." | 5Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals." |
| 6Then I saw a lamb standing in the middle of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. He looked like he had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. | 6Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. |
| 7He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. | 7He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of the One seated on the throne. |
| 8When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints. | 8When 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. |
| 9They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation. | 9And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slaughtered, and You redeemed people for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation. |
| 10You made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth." | 10You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth. |
| 11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels, the living creatures, and the elders surrounding the throne. They numbered 10,000's times 10,000 and thousands times thousands. | 11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands. |
| 12They sang with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb who was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise!" | 12They said with a loud voice: The Lamb who was slaughtered is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! |
| 13I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying, "To the one who sits on the throne and to the lamb be praise, honor, glory, and power forever and ever!" | 13I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say: Blessing and honor and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever! |
| 14Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!", and the elders bowed down and worshipped. | 14The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped. |
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