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Revelation 5:1

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.

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

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And I saw on the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a book, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
BLB
And I saw on the right hand of the One sitting upon the throne a scroll, written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
ÅB
Og jeg så i hans høyre hånd som satt på tronen, en bokrull, skrevet innvendig og utvendig, og forseglet med syv segl.
OTB
Jeg så i høyre hånd til ham som satt på tronen en bokrull, skrevet på begge sider og forseglet med syv segl.
B1930
Og jeg så i hans høire hånd som satt på tronen, en bokrull, skrevet innvendig og utvendig, og forseglet med syv segl.

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  • Ezekiel 2:9–10

    And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

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  • Isaiah 29:11

    And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

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  • Revelation 5:7

    And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

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  • Daniel 12:4–9

    But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

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  • Revelation 6:1

    And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

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  • Revelation 10:2

    And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

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  • Revelation 5:13

    And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

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  • Revelation 4:3

    And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

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