Revelation 5:1

Revelation chapter 5 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.1This passage

v.2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Revelation 5:13
And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.
Daniel 8:26
And the vision of the evenings and mornings which hath been told is true: but shut thou up the vision; for it belongeth to many days to come.
Isaiah 29:11
And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:
Isaiah 34:16
Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
Revelation 4:3
and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.
Revelation 6:1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.