Revelation 4:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 and behind.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them]. [Ezek. 1:5, 18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Common English Bible

⁶ Something like a glass sea, like crystal, was in front of the throne. In the center, by the throne, were four living creatures encircling the throne. These creatures were covered with eyes on the front and on the back.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And in view of the throne, there was something that seemed like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. And in the middle of the throne, and all around the throne, there were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and in back.

Revelation 4:6 Cross References

1 Kings 7:23

8 And the work itself of the bases, was intergraven: and there were gravings between the joinings.

Job 28:17

2 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Exodus 38:8

1 In like manner at the north side the hangings, the pillars, and the sockets and heads of the pillars were of the same measure, and work and metal.

Ezekiel 10:12

0 This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.

Ezekiel 10:14

2 And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward.

Revelation 14:3

2 Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 15:2

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea, and there came blood as it were of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.

Revelation 15:7

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun, and it was given unto him to afflict men with heat and fire:

Revelation 19:4

3 And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood; and his name is called, THE WORD OF GOD.

Revelation 21:11

0 The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.

Revelation 21:18

7 There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:21

And there shall be no curse any more; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him.

Revelation 22:1

0 And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

Revelation 4:4

And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

Revelation 5:11

And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the wine and the oil.

Revelation 5:14

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

Revelation 5:6

And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder, saying: Come, and see.

Revelation 5:8

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying: Come, and see.

Revelation 6:1

0 And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Revelation 6:6

5 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains:

Revelation 7:11

And another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God.

Revelation 7:17

And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea, and the third part of the ships was destroyed.