5:1 Then1 I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back2 and sealed with seven seals.3 5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” 5:3 But4 no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. 5:4 So5 I began weeping bitterly6 because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5:5 Then7 one of the elders said8 to me, “Stop weeping!9 Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered;10 thus he can open11 the scroll and its seven seals.”
5:6 Then12 I saw standing in the middle of the throne13 and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed.14 He had15 seven horns and seven eyes, which16 are the seven17 spirits of God18 sent out into all the earth. 5:7 Then19 he came and took the scroll20 from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, 5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground21 before the Lamb. Each22 of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).23 5:9 They were singing a new song:24
5:11 Then34 I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their35 number was ten thousand times ten thousand36—thousands times thousands— 5:12 all of whom37 were singing38 in a loud voice:
5:13 Then40 I heard every creature—in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea,41 and all that is in them—singing:42
5:14 And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground44 and worshiped.