The Lamb Takes the Scroll 1 UDB I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed with seven seals. BSB BSB: Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
2 UDB I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, "The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come and do it!" BSB BSB: And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
3 UDB But no created being in heaven, on the earth, or under it was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it. BSB BSB: But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
4 UDB I wept loudly because there was no one worthy to do that. BSB BSB: And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
7 UDB The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. BSB BSB: And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
8 UDB When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before him. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that represent the prayers of God's people. BSB BSB: When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 UDB The living creatures and the elders sang a new song. They sang: "You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed and because you redeemed people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation with your blood when you died. BSB BSB: And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
10 UDB You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules and to become priests who serve him; they will rule on the earth." BSB BSB: You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
The Lamb Exalted 11 UDB As I continued to look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living creatures and the elders. There were millions of them, a crowd so large that no one could count them. BSB BSB: Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
12 UDB They were singing in a loud voice: "The Lamb whom they killed— it is right that we should praise his power, wealth, wisdom, and strength. It is right that all created things should honor him and praise him!" BSB BSB: In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 UDB And I heard every creature in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea say, "We must forever praise, honor, and glorify the one who sits on the throne and the Lamb. May they reign with complete power forever!" BSB BSB: And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
14 UDB The four living creatures said, "May it be so!" Then the elders prostrated themselves on the ground and worshiped God and the Lamb. BSB BSB: And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
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