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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 NLT</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" /></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="../">NLT</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 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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/revelation/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Worship in Heaven</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, <span class="red">“Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And instantly I was in the Spirit,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal.</p><p class="reg">In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—</p><p class="line2">the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“You are worthy, O Lord our God,</p><p class="line2">to receive glory and honor and power.</p><p class="line1">For you created all things,</p><p class="line2">and they exist because you created what you pleased.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">in spirit.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">They are the seven spirits.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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