Revelation 5:5

5:5 Then ¹  one of the elders said ²  to me, “Stop weeping! ³  Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; ⁴  thus he can open ⁵  the scroll and its seven seals.”

Isaiah 29:11-12

29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation ⁶  is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read ⁷  and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.” 29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ⁸  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ⁹ 

Isaiah 41:22-23

41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen!

Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, ¹⁰ 

so we may examine them ¹¹  and see how they were fulfilled. ¹² 

Or decree for us some future events!

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ¹³ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

² tn Grk “says” (a historical present).

³ tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).

⁴ tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”

⁵ tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.

⁶ tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

⁷ tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”

⁸ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

⁹ tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “As for the former things, tell us what they are!”

¹¹ tn Heb “so we might set [them to] our heart.”

¹² tn Heb “and might know their outcome.”

¹³ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

¹⁴ tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).