| 1 | After this I looked , and , behold , a door [was] opened in heaven : and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me ; which said , Come up hither , and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter . |
| 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 [there was] a rainbow round about the throne , in sight like unto an emerald . |
| 4 | And round about the throne [were] 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 [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne , which are the seven Spirits of God . |
| 6 | And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal : and in the midst of the throne , and round about the throne , [were] four beasts full of eyes before 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 were] full of eyes within : and they rest 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 , |
| 10 | The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne , and worship him that liveth for ever and ever , and cast their crowns before the throne , saying , |
| 11 | Thou art worthy , O Lord , to receive glory and honour and power : for thou hast created all things , and for thy pleasure they are and were created . |
