Revelation 5:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 29:11-12 : 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: 12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
  • Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come. 23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
  • Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 5:1
    88%

    1And 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.

  • Rev 5:3-9
    7 verses
    84%

    3And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

    4And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:

    5and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.

    6And 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 forth into all the earth.

    7And he came, and he taketh [it] out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

    8And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

    9And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

  • Rev 7:1-3
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    1After his I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.

    2And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

    3saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

  • Rev 6:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1And 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.

    2And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

    3And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

  • Rev 5:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    11And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

    12saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.

    13And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things 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.

  • Rev 10:1-5
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    1And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

    2and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth;

    3and he cried with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

    4And when the seven thunders uttered [their voices], I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

    5And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

  • Rev 6:9-10
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    9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

    10and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • Rev 15:5
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    5And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

  • Rev 6:7
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    7And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

  • Rev 22:10
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    10And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

  • Rev 10:8
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    8And the voice which I heard from heaven, [I heard it] again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

  • Rev 8:1-2
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    73%

    1And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

    2And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.

  • Rev 9:1
    72%

    1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.

  • Rev 4:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, [a voice] as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must [ come to pass hereafter.

    2Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;

  • Rev 14:6
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    6And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

  • Rev 18:1
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    1After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

  • Rev 20:1
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    1And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

  • Rev 15:1
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    1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having seven plagues, [which are] the last, for in them is finished the wrath of God.

  • Rev 7:10
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    10and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.

  • Rev 14:1-2
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    1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

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  • Rev 22:8
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    8And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things.

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    1Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

  • Rev 19:11
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  • Rev 8:5
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  • Rev 20:11
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    11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

  • Rev 1:1-3
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    1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, [even] the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John;

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