Revelation 5:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

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  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut: 12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
  • Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true. 23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.
  • Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

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  • Rev 5:1
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    1 And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

  • Rev 5:3-9
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    3 And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.

    4 And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.

    5 And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.

    6 And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

    7 And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.

    8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

    9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

  • Rev 7:1-3
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    1 After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

    2 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,

    3 Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God.

  • Rev 6:1-3
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    78%

    1 And I saw when the Lamb undid one of the stamps, and the voice of one of the four beasts came to my ears, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.

    2 And I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it had a bow; and there was given to him a crown: and he went out with power to overcome.

    3 And when the second stamp was undone, the voice of the second beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.

  • Rev 5:11-13
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    11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

    12 Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.

    13 And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

  • Rev 10:1-5
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    1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

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

    3 And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding.

    4 And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

    5 And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

  • Rev 6:9-10
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    9 And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

    10 And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

  • Rev 15:5
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    5 And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:

  • Rev 6:7
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    7 And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.

  • Rev 22:10
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    10 And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.

  • Rev 10:8
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    8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

  • Rev 8:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 And when the seventh stamp was undone there was quiet in heaven for about half an hour.

    2 And I saw the seven angels who had their place before God; and seven horns were given to them.

  • Rev 9:1
    72%

    1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

  • Rev 4:1-2
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    72%

    1 After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

    2 Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it;

  • Rev 14:6
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    6 And I saw another angel in flight between heaven and earth, having eternal good news to give to those who are on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,

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

  • Rev 20:1
    72%

    1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.

  • Rev 15:1
    71%

    1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and strange; seven angels having the seven last punishments, for in them the wrath of God is complete.

  • Rev 7:10
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    10 Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.

  • Rev 14:1-2
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    1 And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.

    2 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, like the sound of great waters, and the sound of loud thunder: and the voice which came to me was like the sound of players, playing on instruments of music.

  • Rev 22:8
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    8 And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.

  • Zech 5:1
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    1 Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

  • Rev 19:11
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    11 And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

  • Rev 8:5
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    5 And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

  • Rev 20:11
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    11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

  • Rev 1:1-3
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    1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

    2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

    3 A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

  • Rev 9:13
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    13 And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

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