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
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
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.
And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;
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.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both