¹After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven ; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me , was one saying , “Come up here , and I will show you the things which must happen after this .”

²Immediately I was in the Spirit . Behold , there was a throne set in heaven , and one sitting on the throne

³that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius . There was a rainbow around the throne , like an emerald to look at .

⁴Around the throne were twenty-four thrones . On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting , dressed in white garments , with crowns of gold on their heads .

⁵Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds , and thunders . There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne , which are the seven Spirits of God .

⁶Before the throne was something like a sea of glass , similar to crystal . In the middle of the throne , and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind .

⁷The first creature was like a lion , the second creature like a calf , the third creature had a face like a man , and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

⁸The four living creatures , each one of them having six wings , are full of eyes around and within . They have no rest day and night , saying , “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God , the Almighty , who was and who is and who is to come !”[#4:8 Hodges/Farstad MT reads “holy” 9 times instead of 3.]

⁹When the living creatures give glory , honour , and thanks to him who sits on the throne , to him who lives forever and ever ,

¹⁰the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever , and throw their crowns before the throne , saying ,

¹¹“Worthy are you , our Lord and God , the Holy One , to receive the glory , the honour , and the power , for you created all things , and because of your desire they existed and were created !”[#4:11 TR omits “and God, the Holy One,”]