Revelation 5:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?””
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“And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I saw a strong messenger crying with a great voice, `Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose the seals of it?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 5:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 41:15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
- Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- 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 41:22“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).