Revelation 5:7

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And he came, and at once took it out of the right hand of him that was sitting upon the throne.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

Revised Standard Version
and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that sate apon the seate.

Hebrew Names Version
Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

New American Standard Bible
And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

New Century Version
The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne.

Update Bible Version
And he came, and he takes [it] out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

World English Bible
Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he came and took the book out of the right-hand of him that sat upon the throne.

Weymouth's New Testament
So He comes, and now He has taken the book out of the right hand of Him who is seated on the throne.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he cam, and took of the riythond of the sittere in the trone the book.

English Revised Version
And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

Berean Standard Bible
And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

Contemporary English Version
The Lamb went over and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sat on the throne.

Amplified Bible
And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

American Standard Version
And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

Bible in Basic English
And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.

Complete Jewish Bible
He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of the One sitting on the throne.

Darby Translation
and it came and took [it] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

International Standard Version
He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.Revelation 4:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he came and took the book from the right hand of him who sat upon the throne.

Murdock Translation
And he came, and took the book from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

King James Version (1611)
And he came, and tooke the booke out of the right hand of him that sate vpon the Throne.

New Living Translation
He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

New Life Bible
The Lamb came and took the book from the right hand of the One Who sat on the throne.

New Revised Standard
He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.

English Standard Version
And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee came, and tooke the Booke out of the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne.

George Lamsa Translation
And he came and took the book from the right hand of him who sat upon the throne.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he came, and toke the booke out of the right hande of him that sate vpon the throne.

Good News Translation
The Lamb went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

Christian Standard Bible®
He went and took the scroll out of the right hand of the one seated on the throne.

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

Lexham English Bible
And he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.

Literal Translation
And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.

Young's Literal Translation
and he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he came and toke the boke out of the right hode of him that sat vpon the seate.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sate upon the throne.

New English Translation
Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

New King James Version
Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The slaughtered Lamb stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the Mighty One who sat on the throne.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Contextual Overview

⁶ And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb, standing, showing that it had been slain, - having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. ⁷ And he came, and at once took it out of the right hand of him that was sitting upon the throne. ⁸ And, when he took the scroll, the four living creatures, and the four-and-twenty elders, fell down before the Lamb, having, each one, a harp, and bowls of gold full of incense, - which are the prayers of the saints; ⁹ and they sing a new song, saying - Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood men out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, ¹⁰ And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests, - and they reign on the earth. ¹¹ And I saw, and heard a voice of many messengers, round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders, - and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands - ¹² saying with a loud voice - Worthy, is the Lamb that hath been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honour, and glory, and blessing. ¹³ And, every created thing which was in heaven, and upon the earth, and under the earth, and upon the sea, and, all the things in them, heard I, saying - Unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages of ages! ¹⁴ And the four living creatures continued saying - Amen! And, the elders, fell down and did homage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

out: Revelation 5:1, Revelation 4:2, Revelation 4:3

Reciprocal: Isaiah 6:1 - sitting Revelation 7:10 - sitteth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he came,.... He drew nigh to the throne of God, he engaged his heart to approach unto him, and came up even to his seat, which a mere creature, without a Mediator, cannot do:

and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne; :-; it being given unto him, as in Revelation 1:1; and a commission and authority to open it, and make it manifest to others, and to accomplish the several events, in the several periods of time, it points unto.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he came and took the book out of the right hand ... - As if it pertained to him by virtue of rank or office. There is a difficulty here, arising from the incongruity of what is said of a lamb, which it is not easy to solve. The difficulty is in conceiving how a lamb could take the book from the hand of Him who held it. To meet this several solutions have been proposed:

(1) Vitringa supposes that the Messiah appeared as a lamb only in some such sense as the four living beings Revelation 4:7 resembled a lion, a calf, and an eagle; that is, that they bore this resemblance only in respect to the head, while the body was that of a man. He thus supposes, that though in respect to the upper part the Saviour resembled a lamb, yet that to the front part of the body hands were attached by which he could take the book. But there are great difficulties in this supposition. Besides that nothing of this kind is intimated by John, it is contrary to every appearance of probability that the Redeemer would be represented as a monster. In his being represented as a lamb there is nothing that strikes the mind as inappropriate or unpleasant, for he is often spoken of in this manner, and the image is one that is agreeable to the mind. But all this beauty and fitness of representation is destroyed, if we think of him as having human hands proceeding from his breast or sides, or as blending the form of a man and an animal together. The representation of having an unusual number of horns and eyes does not strike us as being incongruous in the same sense; for though the number is increased, they are such as pertain properly to the animal to which they are attached.

(2) Another supposition is that suggested by Prof. Stuart, that the form was changed, and a human form resumed when the Saviour advanced to take the book and open it. This would relieve the whole difficulty, and the only objection to it is, that John has not given any express notice of such a change in the form; and the only question can be whether it is right to suppose it in order to meet the difficulty in the case. In support of this it is said that all is symbol; that the Saviour is represented in the book in various forms; that as his appearing as a lamb was designed to represent in a striking manner the fact that he was slain, and that all that he did was based on the atonement, so there would be no impropriety in supposing that when an action was attributed to him he assumed the form in which that act would be naturally or is usually done. And as in taking a book from the hand of another it is wholly incongruous to think of its being done by a lamb, is it not most natural to suppose that the usual form in which the Saviour is represented as appearing would be resumed, and that he would appear again as a man?

But is it absolutely certain that he appeared in the form of a lamb at all? May not all that is meant be, that John saw him near the throne, and among the elders, and was struck at once with his appearance of meekness and innocence, and with the marks of his having been slain as a sacrifice, and spoke of him in strong figurative language as a lamb? And where his “seven horns” and “seven eyes” are spoken of, is it necessary to suppose that there was any real assumption of such horns and eyes? May not all that is meant be that John was struck with that in the appearance of the Redeemer of which these would be the appropriate symbols, and described him as if these had been visible? When John the Baptist saw the Lord Jesus on the banks of the Jordan, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” John 1:29, is it necessary to suppose that he actually appeared in the form of a lamb?

Do not all at once understand him as referring to traits in his character, and to the work which he was to accomplish, which made it proper to speak of him as a lamb? And why, therefore, may we not suppose that John in the Apocalypse designed to use language in the same way, and that he did not intend to present so incongruous a description as that of a lamb approaching a throne and taking a book from the hand of Him that sat on it, and a lamb, too, with many horns and eyes? If this supposition is correct, then all that is meant in this passage would be expressed in some such language as the following: “And I looked, and lo there was one in the midst of the space occupied by the throne, by the living creatures, and by the elders, who, in aspect, and in the emblems that represented his work on the earth, was spotless, meek, and innocent as a lamb; one with marks on his person which brought to remembrance the fact that he had been slain for the sins of the world, and yet one who had most striking symbols of power and intelligence, and who was therefore worthy to approach and take the book from the hand of Him that sat on the throne.” It may do something to confirm this view to recollect that when we use the term “Lamb of God” how, as is often done in preaching and in prayer, it never suggests to the mind the idea of a lamb. We think of the Redeemer as resembling a lamb in his moral attributes and in his sacrifice, but never as to form. This supposition relieves the passage of all that is incongruous and unpleasant, and may be all that John meant.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 5:7. He came and took the book — This verse may be properly explained by John, John 1:18. No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath DECLARED him. With Jesus alone are all the counsels and mysteries of God.