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Revelation 4 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 4
The Throne Room of Heaven
John’s Vision of God’s Throne
(Is. 6:1–3 )
1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was[fn] like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns[fn] of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices.[fn] Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the[fn] seven Spirits of God.
6 Before the throne there was[fn] a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
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​​“Holy, holy, holy,[fn]
​​Lord God Almighty,
​​Who was and is and is to come!”
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9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
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11 ​​“You are worthy, O Lord,[fn]
​​To receive glory and honor and power;
​​For You created all things,
​​And by Your will they exist[fn] and were created.”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
M-Text omits And He who sat there was (which makes the description in verse 3 modify the throne rather than God).
NU-Text and M-Text read robes, with crowns.
NU-Text and M-Text read voices, and thunderings.
M-Text omits the.
NU-Text and M-Text add something like.
M-Text has holy nine times.
NU-Text and M-Text read our Lord and God.
NU-Text and M-Text read existed.
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