Revelation 5:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Dan 12:8-9 : 8 And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things? 9 And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;
  • Rev 4:1 : 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.

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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.

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

    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.

  • Rev 5:5-9
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    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 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 6:9-10
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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 6:1
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    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.

  • Rev 5:11-12
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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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 2:9-10
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    9 And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

    10 And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.

  • Rev 7:9-10
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    9 After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

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

  • 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 10:2-5
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    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,

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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.

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    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;

    3 And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald.

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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.

    12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.

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    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,

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    5 And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.

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