2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and the was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne we four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and the we seven lamps of fi burning befo the throne, which a the seven Spirits of God.
6 And befo the throne the was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, we four beasts full of eyes befo and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they we full of eyes within: and they st not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,