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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Revelation 4 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//revelation/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Revelation 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/3.htm" title="Revelation 3">◄</a> Revelation 4 <a href="../revelation/5.htm" title="Revelation 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/revelation/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Throne in Heaven<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, <span class="red">“Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”</span> <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads. <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Worship of the Creator<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of God. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: <p class="indent1stline">“Holy, Holy, Holy, <p class="indent2"> is the Lord God Almighty, <p class="indent2"> who was and is and is to come!” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying: <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, <p class="indent2"> to receive glory and honor and power, <p class="indent1"> for You created all things; <p class="indent2"> by Your will they exist and were created.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>This is the sevenfold Spirit</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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