{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/revelation/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:41:59.582Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Revelation","bookSlug":"revelation","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":22,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Immediately I became in the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and he that was sitting like in appearance to a stone of jasper and a sardius, and a rainbow round the throne like in appearance to an emerald."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And round the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed with white garments; and on their heads golden crowns."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And out of the throne go forth lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and seven lamps of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and the first living creature like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving to him that sits upon the throne, who lives to the ages of ages,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou art worthy, O our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created."}],"citation":{"inline":"Revelation 4 (DBT)","markdown":"[Revelation 4](https://primebible.com/dbt/revelation/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/revelation/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}