Revelation 5:8

Easy To Read Version

After the Lamb took the scroll, the four living things and the 24 elders bowed down before the Lamb. Each one of them had a harp. {\cf2\super [43]} Also they were holding golden bowls full of incense. {\cf2\super [44]} These bowls of incense are the prayers of God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [45]}

Cross References

Psalm 141:2

Lord, accept my prayer.\par Let it be like a gift of burning incense.\par Let it be like the evening sacrifice. {\cf2\super [641]} \par

Psalm 150:3

Praise God with trumpets and horns!\par Praise him with harps and lyres {\cf2\super [652]} !\par

Psalm 33:2

Play the lyre {\cf2\super [204]} and praise the Lord!\par Play to the Lord on the ten-stringed harp.\par

Psalm 43:4

I will come to God’s altar.\par I will come to the God who makes me\par so very happy.\par God, my God, I will praise you with\par a harp.\par

Psalm 81:2

Begin the music.\par Play the tambourines.\par Play the pleasant harps and lyres. {\cf2\super [463]} \par

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

John 5:23

God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. If a person does not respect the Son, then that person does not respect the Father. The Father is the One who sent the Son.

Hebrews 1:6

And when God brings his firstborn {\cf2\super [3]} Son into the world, he says,

Revelation 13:8

All the people who live on earth will worship the animal. These are all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.

Revelation 15:2

I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. All the people who had won the victory over the animal and his idol {\cf2\super [111]} and over the number of his name were standing by the sea. These people had harps {\cf2\super [112]} that God had given them.

Revelation 15:7

Then one of the four living things gave seven golden bowls to the seven angels. The bowls were filled with the anger of God, who lives forever and ever.

Revelation 19:4

Then the 24 elders {\cf2\super [145]} and the four living things bowed down. They worshiped God, who sits on the throne. They said:

Revelation 4:10

the 24 elders {\cf2\super [36]} bow down before the One who sits on the throne. The elders worship him who lives forever and ever. The elders put their crowns down before the throne and say:

Revelation 4:4

Around the throne there were 24 other thrones. There were 24 elders {\cf2\super [35]} sitting on the 24 thrones. The elders were dressed in white, and they had golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:6

Also before the throne there was something that looked like a sea of glass. It was clear like crystal.

Revelation 4:8

Each of these four living things had six wings. These living things were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day and night these four living things never stop saying:

Revelation 5:11

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels. The angels were around the throne, the \{four\} living things, and the elders. {\cf2\super [47]} There were thousands and thousands of angels—there were 10,000 times 10,000.

Revelation 5:12

The angels said with a loud voice:

Revelation 5:14

The four living things said, “Amen {\cf2\super [48]} !” And the elders {\cf2\super [49]} bowed down and worshiped.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne with the four living things around it. The elders {\cf2\super [41]} were also around the Lamb. The Lamb looked like it had been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven spirits of God that were sent into all the world.

Revelation 6:1

Then I watched while the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living things speak with a voice like thunder. It said, “Come!”