The four and twenty elders.

crowns, and worship him that sal on the throne.

AFTER this 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, 5 Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

REVELATION.

A. D 96.

a ch. 1. 10.

b ch.11.12. c ch. 1. 19.

& 22. 6.

I was in

2 And immediately 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: fand there was a rainbow

round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald.

45 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 in 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 Pand behind.

7 4 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, band cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: dfor thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

CHAP. V.

1 The book sealed with seven seals: 9 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open. 12 Therefore the elders praise him, 9 and confess that he redeemed them with his blood.

AND I saw in the right hand

of him that sat on the throne aa book written within and on the back side, sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a strong angel pro

d ch 1. 10 & 17. 3. & 21. 10.

e Is. 6. 1. Je. 17. 12 Ez. 1.26.&

A. D. 96.

e ver. 13.

d Ge. 49. 9, 10. He. 7. 14.

e Is. 11, 1, 10. Ro. 15. 12. ch. 22. 16.

10. 1. Da. fver.1.ch. 6.1.

7.9. f Ez. 1.28. g ch.11.16.

h ch.3.4,5. & 6.11.&7. 9, 13, 14. & 19. 14.

i ver. 10. A ch.8.5.& 16. 18.

Is. 53. 7. John 1. 29, 36. 1 Pe. 1.

19 ch.13.8. ver. 9, 12.

Zec. 3.9. & 4. 10. i ch. 4. 5.

ch. 4. 2. ch.4.8,10.

m ch.14.2.

1 Ex.37.23. & 15. 2.
2 Ch. 4. 20. Or,

Ez. 1. 13.
Zec. 4. 2.

m ch. 1. 4. &3.1.&5.6. n Ex. 38.8. ch. 15. 2.

o Ez. 1. 5. p ver. 8.

incense.

n Ps. 141.2.

ch. 8. 3, 4.

o Ps. 40. 3. ch. 14. 3. p ch. 4. 11.

The elders praise the Lamb. claiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, f and to loose the seven seals thereof.

6 And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts, and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels "round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in

them, heard I saying, a Blessing, and honour, and glory, and pow er, be unto him bthat sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. CHAP. VI.

1 The opening of the seals in order and what followed thereupon, containing a prophecy to the end of the world.

quer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, ia black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

a ch.5.5,6, f Je. 3. 23. 7. & 4.24. ch. 16. 20.

b ch. 4. 7.

c Zec. 6. 3. ch. 19. 11.

d Ps. 45. 4, 5 Is. 2. 19. 5. LXX.

e Zec.6.11. ch. 14. 14.

fch. 4. 7.

Zec. 6.2

λ ch. 4. 7.

i Zec. 6. 2. The word chenix signifieth

a measure con

taining one wine quart, and the twelfth part of a

7. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and quart.

see.

8 m And I looked, and behold, a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, a to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, Pand with the beasts of the earth.

k ch. 9. 4. 2 ch. 4. 7. m Zec.6.8.

Il Or,

to him.

n Ez. 14.21,

p Le.26.22.

Ho,10.8.

Lu. 23. 30.

ch. 9. 6.

i Is. 13. 6,

&n. Zeph.

1. 14, &c. ch. 16. 14. Ps. 76.7.

a Da. 7. 2.

b ch. 9. 4.

e ch.6.6.& 9. 4.

d Ez. 9. 4.

ch. 14. 1.

q ch.8.3.&e ch. 22. 4. 9.13. & 14. fch. 9.16. 18.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under 7 the altarr ch. 20. 4. r the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they 2 Ti. 1. 8. beld:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, y dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood:

13 d And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as

s ch. 1. 9.

ch.12.17.& 19. 10.

u See Zec. 1. 12.

rch. 3. 7. y ch.11.18. & 19. 2.

z ch.3.4,5. & 7. 9, 14.

He. 11. 40. ch. 14. 13. b ch.16.18.

c Joel 2.10, 31. & 3.15.

Mat.24.29. Ac. 2. 20,

ch. 14. 1.

d ch. 8, 10. & 9. 1. Or, green figs.h Ro.11.25. e Ps. 102. ch. 6. 9. 26. Ie.34.4. He. 1. 12, 13.

The number of the sealed. a scroll when it is rolled together; and fevery mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

nations

CHAP. VII.

3 An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads. 4 The number of them that were sealed: of the tribes of Israel a certain number. 9 Of all other an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their hands. 14 Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb.

AND after these things I saw

four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, a holding the four winds of the earth. b that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel as cending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have d sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

4f And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the

tribes of the children of Israel.

5. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 9 After this I beheld, and lo, ha great multitude, which no man could number, i of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,

Opening of the seventh seal.

A clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God m which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne. on their faces, and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

in

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed P white robes? and whence came they?

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

23. Ho. 13. 4. ch. 19.1. m ch. 5.13.

Is. 2. 13. ch. 9. 4.

14.

n ch. 16. 3.

o Ez.14.19. p ch. 16.3.

p ver. 9.

9 Is. 14.12. ch. 9. 1.

A star falleth from heaven. 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt

up.

8 And the second angel sounded, m and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9 PAnd the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 10 And the third angel sounded

and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a ch. 16. 4. lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

s Ru. 1.20.

5.

s Is. 4. 5,6. ch. 21. 3.

t Is. 49. 10.

16 They shali hunger no more, neither thirst any more; "neither shall the sun light on them, u Ps.121.6. nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: vand God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

CHAP. VIII.

1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven angels had seven trumpets given them. 6 Four of them sound their trumpets, and great plagues follow. 3 Another angel putteth incense to the prayers of the saints on the golden

allar.

AND & when he had opened the

seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

2 b And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

ch. 21. 4.

u ls. 13.10. Am. 8. 9.

14.

y Is. 25. 8. ch. 21. 4.

a ch. 6. 1.

Mat. 18. 10. Lu. 1. 19.

c 2 Ch. 29.

25,-28.

it to the prayers.

d ch. 5. 8.

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that heOr, add should offer it with d the prayers of all saints upon ⚫ the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

y ch. 9. 12. & 11. 14.

a Lu.10.18. ch. 8. 10. b Lu. 8.31. ch. 17.8.& 20. 1. ver. 2, 11.

Joel 2. 2,

10.

11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12 u And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, y Wo, wo, wo, to the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

CHAP. IX.

1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falleth from heaven, to whom is given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 He openeth the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions. 12 The first wo past. 13 The sixth trumpet soundeth. 14 Four angels are let loose, that were bound.

AND the fifth angel sounded,

and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, eas the scorpions of the earthhave power.

4 And it was commanded them f that they should not hurt & the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have

Four angels are let loose.

not the seal of God in their foreheads.

but

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; m and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was Pas the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: 4 and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One wo is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound ❝ in the great river Euphrates.

Joel 2. 4.

m Na.3.17.

n Da. 7. 8.

An angel appeareth with a book. plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship a devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

CHAP. X.

ver. 5.

TM Ep. 2. 2.

s ver. 1.

That is to say, a destroyer.

t ch. 8. 13.

u ch.16.12.

15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for Or, at. an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

16 And the number of the army y of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breast-plates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire, and smoke, and brimstone.

18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these

Ps.68.17. Da. 7. 10.

y Ez. 38. 4. # ch. 7. 4.

a 1 Ch. 12.

8. Is. 5. 28, 29.

b Is. 9. 15.

e ch. 8. 5.

Da. 8.28. & 12. 4, 9.

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, e seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, f Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the Ex. 6. 8. earth, lifted up his hand to heaven,

Da. 12. 7.

h Ne. 9. 6.

14.7.

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created ch.4. 11.& heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

i Da. 12. 7. ch. 16. 17. * ch.11.15.

m Je. 15.

16. Ez. 2.8. & 3. 1, 2, 3.

n Ez. 3. 3.

o Ez. 2. 10.

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go, and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, m Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as 1 had eaten it my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou