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The Lamb Takes the Scroll

Revelation 5:1

In 9 translations

BSB
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
KJV
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
WEB
I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
ASV
And 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.
LSV
And I saw a scroll on the right hand of Him who is sitting on the throne, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;
YLT
And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;
DBY
And I saw on the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a book, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
DRC
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.
GNV
And I saw in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne, a Booke written within, and on the backside, sealed with seuen seales.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ὄπισθεν (“on [the] back”); Byzantine text read ἔξωθεν (“outside”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὄπισθεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὄπισθεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔξωθεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν, κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά.
RP2018
Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν, κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν, κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά.
SCR1894
και ειδον επι την δεξιαν του καθημενου επι του θρονου βιβλιον γεγραμμενον εσωθεν και οπισθεν κατεσφραγισμενον σφραγισιν επτα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 2:9–10Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll, which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
  • Isaiah 29:11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
  • Revelation 5:7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
  • Daniel 12:4–9But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.” Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of…
  • Revelation 6:1Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
  • Revelation 10:2He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
  • Revelation 5:13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and…
  • Revelation 10:8–11Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.” And I went to the angel and said, “Give me…
  • Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
  • Isaiah 8:16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
  • Daniel 8:26The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
  • Isaiah 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

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