Revelation 4

1 After these things I saw, and look — a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen.” After these things, [a] 2 immediately I came to be in the Spirit; and look — a throne was set in heaven, and on the throne one seated, [b] 3 and the one seated was like jasper stone and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance. [c] 4 And around the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders seated, clothed in white garments, and on their heads golden crowns. [d] 5 And out of the throne come lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God; [e] 6 and before the throne something like a sea of glass, like crystal. [f]

And in the middle of the throne and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. 7 And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. [g] † 8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings apiece, are full of eyes around and within. And they have no rest, day and night, saying: [h] †

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one seated on the throne, to the one who lives forever and ever, [i] 10 the twenty-four elders will fall before the one seated on the throne and will bow down to the one who lives forever and ever, and will throw their crowns before the throne, saying: