{"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/web/revelation/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:37.338Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Revelation","bookSlug":"revelation","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":22,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, |Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"One of the elders said to me, |Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They sang a new song, saying, |You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"saying with a loud voice, |Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, |To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The four living creatures said, |Amen!| The elders fell down and worshiped."}],"citation":{"inline":"Revelation 5 (WEB)","markdown":"[Revelation 5](https://primebible.com/web/revelation/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/revelation/5 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}