Wahyu 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ¹  before the Lamb. Each ²  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ³ 

Wahyu 10:9

10:9 So ⁴  I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He ⁵  said to me, “Take the scroll ⁶  and eat it. It ⁷  will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

[5:8]  ¹ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[5:8]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:8]  ³ sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the voice.

[10:9]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[10:9]  ⁶ tn The words “the scroll” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[10:9]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.