Revelation 5:1 “Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne.…”

Revelation 5:1

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

World English Bible

I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

American Standard Version

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I saw in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne, a Booke written within, and on the backside, sealed with seuen seales.

Darby Translation

And I saw on the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a book, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

Young's Literal Translation

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Bible in Basic English

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

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Cross references

“that sat”

Revelation 4:3

Revelation 4:3 · BSB

The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

“a book”

Revelation 10:2 Revelation 10:8–11 Isaiah 34:16 Ezekiel 2:9 Ezekiel 2:10

Revelation 10:2 · BSB

He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

Revelation 10:8–11 · BSB

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

Isaiah 34:16 · BSB

Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Ezekiel 2:9 · BSB

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

Ezekiel 2:10 · BSB

which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

“sealed”

Isaiah 29:11 Daniel 12:4–9 Revelation 6:1 Isaiah 8:16 Daniel 8:26

Isaiah 29:11 · BSB

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Daniel 12:4–9 · BSB

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Revelation 6:1 · BSB

Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”

Isaiah 8:16 · BSB

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Daniel 8:26 · BSB

The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

Also

Revelation 5:7 Revelation 5:13

Revelation 5:7 · BSB

And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

Revelation 5:13 · 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 ev…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

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