Revelation 5:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Revelation 5:1 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 5:1 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Ezekiel 2:9Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
- 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.”
- Daniel 12:4But 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.”
- Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
- Revelation 5:7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
- 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 ever!”
- 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 10:8Then 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).