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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 5 NIV</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/5.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/5-1.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="../">NIV</a> > Revelation 5</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/4.htm" title="Revelation 4">◄</a> Revelation 5 <a href="../revelation/6.htm" title="Revelation 6">►</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/revelation/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Scroll and the Lamb</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the sevenfold Spirit">a</a></sup></span> of God sent out into all the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And when he had taken it, 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 God’s people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And they sang a new song, saying:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“You are worthy to take the scroll</p><p class="line2">and to open its seals,</p><p class="line1">because you were slain,</p><p class="line2">and with your blood you purchased for God</p><p class="line2">persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,</p><p class="line2">and they will reign <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts they reign">b</a></sup></span> on the earth.”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>In a loud voice they were saying:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,</p><p class="line2">to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength</p><p class="line2">and honor and glory and praise!”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb</p><p class="line2">be praise and honor and glory and power,</p><p class="doxology">for ever and ever!”</p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts <i>they reign</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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