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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.

KJV

Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν, κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά.

Greek NT

Et vidi in dextera sedentis supra thronum, librum scriptum intus et foris, signatum sigillis septem.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βιβλίον
biblion
noun · 32×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατασφραγίζω
katasphragizo
verb · 1×
σφραγίς
sphragis
noun · 16×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑπτά
epta
adjective · 88×
ἔσωθεν
esothen
adverb · 12×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄπισθεν
opisthen
adverb · 7×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ezek 2:9 · allusion
    "And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;"
    Ezekiel: a scroll written within and without — the sealed scroll

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὄπισθεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὄπισθεν | RP: ἔξωθεν
  • ὄπισθενSBLGNT
  • ὄπισθενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔξωθενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

From the Preface You are not content to fulfil the office, when I am present with you, of a taskmaster to drive me to labour at theology; even when I am absent you demand that I should spend most of my time on you and on the task I have to do for you. I, for my part, am inclined to shrink from toil, and to avoid that danger which threatens from God those who give themselves to …

Cross-references

  • Dan 12:4 — 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.
  • Ezek 2:9 — And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
  • Ezek 2:9 — And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
  • Isa 6:1 — In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
  • Isa 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:
  • Jer 36:2 — Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days o
  • Josh 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
  • Rev 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
  • Rev 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.
  • Rev 5:7 — And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
  • Rev 5:7 — And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
  • Rev 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
  • Rev 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.
  • Rev 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.
  • Rev 8:1 — And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
  • Rev 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,
  • Rev 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,
  • Rev 10:8 — And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.